HY-C Smoke Guard for 28.5 to 48-Inch by 4-Inch Fireplaces, Black Powder Coat

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I've thought about raising the grate on some bricks, but I figured someone else may have a better idea. Meaning, for every 10 square inches of fireplace opening, there should be 1 square inch of flue size. Burning unseasoned firewood or cardboard can generate an excessive amount of smoke that your chimney can’t efficiently evacuate. One common issue is downdraft, which occurs when wind blows down the chimney, reversing the smoke flow and causing it to enter the room. offers a variety of smoke guard options, ensuring that you can find one that suits your specific needs.

Pre-warming the flue will increase the temperature differential between the flue and the outdoors, improving the draft and reducing smoke in the home.offers chimney sweep and maintenance services that can help keep your chimney clean and free from obstructions.

For example, if you have a larger fireplace opening, you may need a wider smoke guard to effectively contain the smoke. As a smoke guard manufacturer, we know plenty about how smoke guards help to mitigate smoke buildup in your home. When it comes to your fireplace and your chimney, the size of your flue pipe is pretty much set in stone (or concrete, more literally). Smoke buildup in the home can have ill health effects, leading to coughing, stinging eyes, or even the buildup of dangerous carbon monoxide.Dr Sweep specializes in masonry repairs, including brick masonry, ensuring the durability and aesthetics of your chimney and other masonry elements. Now, I realize that the fireplace opening is pretty tall - 44" to the top of the arch (see picture below). can assess your chimney and provide solutions for any fireplace smoke problems you may be experiencing. Our checkout process uses industry standard TLS (Transport Layer Security) technology to encrypt and scramble all personal information including your name, address, and credit card information so that it may not be read by others as it travels over the Internet.

It can be difficult to pin a smoking fireplace back to one particular factor, because there are several variables that may cause the problem. Use only well-seasoned hardwood or CSIA-approved logs as fuel; dried twigs or branches as kindling; and torn old newspaper or pine cones as tinder. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. That difference in the size of that space allows more room and more time for excess smoke to collect before it is drawn up the chimney, keeping the smoke in the fireplace and not allowing it to escape into the room.can inspect your chimney and identify any construction or reconstruction issues that may be causing the smoky fireplace. Frontier Fireplaces provides chimney and fireplaces parts as a convenience to homeowners and contractors. While having these structural components altered is often cost-prohibitive, a workaround is to install a smoke guard, such as the HY-C Smoke Guard, in front of the fireplace.

For your security, we authorize your credit card after we obtain confirmation that your card is a valid number and has not been reported lost or stolen. A smoking problem like that is certainly not acceptable, but many homeowners tolerate it if it only happens for a brief time when they start a new fire, when the updraft has not yet begun in earnest. Normally, there is some room above the top of the fireplace opening for smoke to gather before it moves through the damper and into the smoke chamber. understands the importance of a properly functioning chimney and offers a wide selection of smoke guards and expert installation services to meet your needs. I got a new-to-me house and the inspection said that our flue liner was undersized which was leading to smoke entering the room if a fire was lit.And that’s good, because the bigger the difference between the outside temperature and the temperature in your home, the less likely you are to have a backdraft problem. Addressing downdraft issues can be done by installing chimney caps or improving ventilation in tightly sealed houses.