Cold Air Coming From Gas Fireplace

We recently bought a 1996 house which has a majestic gas fireplace.

Cold air coming from gas fireplace.

Use our flue coverto stop the outside air from coming in through the flue. Cold air coming in from bottom underneath of gas fireplace insert we bought a house earlier this year that has a family room addition with a brick fireplace. If you have the damper closed but cold air still sweeps across the room it s very likely that your damper is worn cracked warped or generally. The air comes in through the large unsealed hole that is left from the pipe going through.

Chances are before you had gas logs installed your fireplace was a wood burning fireplace. These are not recommended on gas log sets. Pilot light is lit. The only place the cold air is coming in from is from the vent on the back that opens up directly to the outside of the house.

However with vented gas logs cold drafts are quite common. When you close the flue you re essentially plugging the chimney with a metal flap. If the fireplace has a rear vent make sure it is sealed off when not in use. You will stop the cold drafty air in the winter and keep warm humid air from coming in during the summer months.

Then there is a constant flow of cold air coming out of the vents above and below mostly below the glass. Install an energy efficient damper like a top mounting damper to seal off the flue completely when not in use note. A damper is a metal flap in your chimney that blocks cold air from coming in and warm air from escaping. The previous owner had a contractor put in a gas insert.

Use our magnetic fireplace vent coverto stop the inner cold air circulation from the vents. We have been keeping a blanket shoved up in front of the bottom vent.