Gas Fireplace Damper Lock

It attaches to the damper blade in both metal box type fireplaces or brick masonry fireplaces.

Gas fireplace damper lock.

Damper clamps must be installed to lock a fireplace damper in a fully open position when artificial gas logs are installed in a fireplace. Cevans chuck evans cmi trec 7657 september 6 2017 1 59pm. Vestal 42 inch cast iron throat style fireplace damper. Chimney caps 13 fireplace stove parts 5 brand.

Get free shipping on qualified fireplace damper fireplace accessories or buy online pick up in store today in the heating. The damper in a gas fireplace should remain open all the time. For decades the most common damper in masonry fireplaces was a cast iron throat damper. A fireplace damper lock will lock the damper in place so that you cannot close it while the fire is burning and thereby allow harmful gases to enter the room.

The glass between the firebox and your home prevents cold or heat from coming down the chimney and by leaving the damper open at all times you eliminate the risk of having gas build up or backdraft into your home. Only 14 left in stock order soon. A fireplace damper controls the amount of moisture and oxygen that enters into your fireplace and it controls how the gas emissions exit through the chimney flue it helps to control the amount of combustion during the burning of the fire. The damper stop clamp is installed on the chimney damper blade to prevent accidental full closure of the damper while the gas log set is burning in your fireplace it is required in many areas to keep the damper from closing all the way.

With old style wood fires the smoke will tell you the damper is closed. A damper does not need to be used to control a gas fireplace fire and it can be very dangerous to use a gas fireplace with a damper in the closed position. In some jurisdictions it is a building code requirement that dampers be permanently open for gas fireplace logs. According to the latest standards dampers must either be removed or permanently secured in.

Energy saving damper model 09110 202 00 202 00. The reason for this is that using the gas logs with the damper closed would put deadly carbon monoxide in the house. This style consists of a cast iron frame or throat mortared above the top of the firebox inside the smoke chamber with a cast iron plate that pivots open or shut. 4 2 out of 5 stars 17.

Lock top 09120 stainless steel lock top 13 x 13 energy saving damper 09120.