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There are many ways to increase your Fireplace energy efficiency, as a Seattle Masonry contractor we have repaired and remodeled thousands of Fireplaces and Chimneys over the years. Masonry Fireplaces are a real source of enjoyment and a needed asset in the Seattle area, especially when the lights go out. A masonry Fireplace or Chimney will usually provide a energy efficiency of only 10%, this is far below what you need to heat your home. Here are some ways that you can take that 10% efficiency and kick it up. The very first consideration is to make sure that your Fireplace and Chimney are in good working order. If you are not familiar with all the working order of a Fireplace and Chimney it would be a good idea to have it inspected, by a Seattle masonry contractor. Masonry Contractors Seattle After you determine that the Fireplace Chimney are in good working order, there are a few very simple things that you can do your self to improve your fireplace heat efficiency. First consider increasing your Fireplaces efficiency by installing a Fire-back. A Fire-back is a sheet of cast iron metal that’s placed against the back wall of the Firebox, the fire-back will radiated the heat of the fire out into the room in the same way that a Rumford Fireplace does at a fraction of the cost. Fire-backs not only are an inexpensive way of increasing a fire’s heat output, but are beautiful to look at since most Fire-back come with various designs such as a cast Eagle. In this way they not only increase the heat efficiency of your Fireplace and Chimney, they also add a decorative touch to a functional Fireplace accessory that just kick up your Fireplace energy heat efficiency to 20% that”s a increase of 100% of heat output.
A Fireplace will usually have a grate to hold the logs in place and to keep them from rolling out of the firebox, even more important they hold the wood or logs up off the bottom of the firebox. This allows air to flow under the fire and up through the flames for a hotter and better burning fire. Here is other way that you can improve your Fireplace and Chimney with out any help. Replace that old Fireplace grate with a new grate that is made of steel tubing that air can pass through, and if you have a electric plug near by these new grate come with a electric fan to blow heat out in to the room. This should give you at least 10% more heat efficiency for heating when you burn your Fireplace. The next item that you should add to your Fireplace is a glass door, this will not only add to the over all heat efficiency of your Fireplace but it will stop the air that you have heated from going up and out the Fireplace Chimney. This will work especially well if your Fireplace has been built in the last 10 years, because it most likely will have an outside air source to provide air for burning the fire. By add a quality glass door and using outside air to burn with you have increased your heat efficient by 20% more. We are starting to close in on that 50% efficiency rating and all we have done is add some bolt on items that you can install all by your self. All of these improvements will preform even better if you burn the right wood, burning dry clean seasoned wood will also burn hotter and more efficient. A hotter burning fire will also burn cleaner with less pollution being produced into our air. So as you can see a Fireplace can not only be a real enjoyment on a cold winter night but can also be a real life saver when the power goes out, oh and by the way that does happen here in Seattle once in a while. All of the things that we have talk about up to now to increase the efficiency of your Fireplace and Chimney can be done by your self for a small cost. As one of Seattle’s best Masonry Contractors we also offer other services for the maintenance and upkeep of your Fireplace and Chimney. Let us show you how to turn your old Fireplace into a beautiful focal point of your home by remodeling it. Russian Fireplace Seattle If you love your Fireplace we have two more ways to make your Fireplace a highly efficient masonry heater that will be 85% efficient.
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