Cold Air Coming Through My Gas Fireplace

Leaving the fireplace pilot light on in the winter will help.

Cold air coming through my gas fireplace.

You will stop the cold drafty air in the winter and keep warm humid air from coming in during the summer months. Step one is stopping the cold air draft. How can i fix this. Ways to prevent cold air entering your home through your fireplace.

Keeping your home warmer in the winter can involve a couple steps. The damper that sits above the firebox should be able to close fully and make a tight seal. When you close the flue you re essentially plugging the chimney with a metal flap. This air is direct to the surrounding area behind the fireplace and comes out through any vent usually the lower grill making the floor icey cold.

Use our flue cover to stop the outside air from coming in through the flue. Use our magnetic fireplace vent cover to stop the inner cold air circulation from the vents. Install or replace the damper a damper is a metal flap in your chimney that blocks cold air from coming in and warm air from escaping. Putting a bag or plastic over the box outside does nothing.

Also you may discover that the knockout for the gas line is letting cold air come in. We recently bought a 1996 house which has a majestic gas fireplace. The air comes in through the large unsealed hole that is left from the pipe going through. Remembering to keep the damper closed when the fireplace isn t being used will block the cold air that wants to enter your home.

Stuffing the hole s with batt insulation will slow the draft down. Over years of use dampers can become rusted or warped.