Increase draft of chimney especially in areas with constant wind.
Chimney cap reduce draft.
In those situations you may need a special draft increasing cap to ensure that your fireplace vents properly.
How to improve chimney draft.
Some caps may even worsen the draft problem in your house.
Along with our large selection of chimney caps we also carry a variety of down draft solutions including flue stretches which eliminate smoke and excessive carbon monoxide gases within the home draft inducers to increase air flow up the chimney and chimney fans that are designed to literally suck the smoke from the flue.
Make sure there s draft control.
When all is well with your chimney a fire in the fireplace or wood stove sends a continuous blast of hot gases through it which disperses into the atmosphere.
Although replacing chimney caps in general helps reduce drafts in your home some are better at it than others.
The expanded galvanized steel mesh protects against animal infestation.
Draft increasing chimney caps rely on bernoulli s principle.
Clogging of screen in cap some chimney caps have small screening which can become clogged with soot and creosote after heavy use.
Master flow chimney caps provide protection against dangerous master flow chimney caps provide protection against dangerous sparks while reducing downdrafts clogging soot and creosote build up.