Air Conditioners Review

Up to thirty percent of the energy you use to heat or cool your home escapes via your fireplace. This is not the heat that is lost because you are burning a fire in the fireplace, but the energy you’re making use of for your primary heat source when there is no fire in the fireplace and the damper is closed. If you want to plug that energy loss, get a fireplace plug.

A fireplace plug is an inflatable pillow that effectively seals the chimney of your fireplace so that there’s no heat loss through it. Although the pillow seems much like an inflatable swim toy, it is made of a material that is impervious to the acids that are a component of wood soot, so that it will last for an extended time.

Your firebox should be cool before inserting the plug. You need to be sure that there are no sharp openings in the chimney that may tear the pillow. A scraper or brush can be utilized in order to remove soot or creosote in the area before inserting it. The pillow is simply lifted into the chimney opening and the handle adjusted to keep it in position.

Welcome to thirty percent savings on your heating and cooling bills.

The plug is easily removable if you would like to have a fire. Be sure that it’s taken out before lighting the wood. Once the fire is dead and the chimney is cool again, secure the damper and place the plug back into the damper. Put your fireplace doors or screen back in place and nobody will even notice the handle.

The amount of cash you save on one month’s cooling or heating bill can essentially pay for the fireplace plug. In addition to saving cash, however, you will also find that the fireplace plug makes your house more comfortable. Even when the damper is closed on the fireplace and the windows are closed in the house, the natural chimney effect pulls warm air out of the home and cool air in through the cracks around the windows. This makes your house drafty and there’s cold air leaking in that can give you a chill.

In the winter you can enjoy every bit of air that you have paid to heat in your house. In the summer, you will find that your air conditioner is more efficient. There will be no more hot air and smoky smell filtering back into your house by way of the chimney.