| Top sealing dampers are an effective way
to keep more heat inside your home this winter.
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In the closed
position, above, the
Energy Top serves as a chimney cap. |
The damper (sometimes mistakenly called “the flue”)
is a door or window inside your fireplace. When you open the damper
to have a fire, the smoke goes through this door and out the chimney
and not into your home.
When the fireplace fire has gone out, the damper is shut so that
your heat is not drawn up the chimney. Unfortunately, traditional
dampers  are
Cast Iron and very leaky beause they do not always form a tight
seal. Thus, although a traditional damper may be closed, much of
your heat - for which you pay dearly - escapes up the chimney.
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Energy Top damper
shown in the
open position when the fire is burning. |
We have been installing top sealing dampers for over two decades
and have observed an influx of inferior quality products on the
market. As Chimney Professionals, we install what we believe to
be the best top sealing dampers available.
To prevent heat loss, homeowners frequently install new windows
or doors and even add additional insulation while overlooking a
major source of heat loss: the heat that escapes right up the chimney
through the supposedly closed fireplace damper!
Have us come out to your home before you turn up the thermostat
to see if a top sealing damper is right for your fireplace. Remember,
replacing a faulty damper is much less expensive than replacing
doors and windows - and faster, too!
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Operation of the
Energy Top damper. |
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