HY-C Smoke Guard for 28.5 to 48-Inch by 4-Inch Fireplaces, Black Powder Coat

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A smoke guard is a device that plays a crucial role in directing smoke away from the room and filtering it through the chimney. Some fireplaces have an issue with some of the smoke backing up into the room instead of going up the chimney. I've thought about raising the grate on some bricks, but I figured someone else may have a better idea. In most cases, there will be enough of a brick ledge behind the doors to allow the guard to be anchored. offers a variety of smoke guard options, ensuring that you can find one that suits your specific needs.

They can allow heat, sparks, and flammable substances to penetrate the chimney’s surrounding materials, leading to a potential fire outbreak. has the expertise to assess and provide solutions for various fireplace smoke issues, ensuring a safer and more enjoyable hearth experience. If you’re concerned about smoke, drafts, or the overall performance of your chimney, it’s time to take action.If smoke gets into your room when you have a fire going, it might be from a flue being sized too small for your fireplace's opening. However we make no claims as to the proper safety equipment required for your fireplace and none should be implied.

We carry a large selection of fireplace smoke guards in a variety of sizes and styles that are sure to cure your smoking fireplace.I still have some occasional smoke roll back into the room, and I'm all but convinced that if I had the 6" model this wouldn't be the case. Here I will show how most smoking problems can be handled relatively easily, with little or no expense. Installing a smoke guard not only improves air quality but also enhances leisure time around the fireplace. Staining Above Your Fireplace – Chimney smoke problems can leave black staining above your firebox which is difficult to remove (sometimes impossible) and very unsightly. While having these structural components altered is often cost-prohibitive, a workaround is to install a smoke guard, such as the HY-C Smoke Guard, in front of the fireplace.

When it’s about as warm outside as it is indoors, hot air and fire by-products will float in the firebox or enter the room rather than rise up and out of the chimney. You can contact us to unsubscribe and we will remove your name and e-mail address from any future mailings.Our checkout process uses industry standard TLS (Transport Layer Security) technology to encrypt and scramble all personal information including your name, address, and credit card information so that it may not be read by others as it travels over the Internet. But if the damper is installed right at the top of the fireplace opening, smoke sometimes spills into the room. Their knowledge and expertise in chimney construction and repair make them a trusted resource for addressing smoky fireplace issues. Just an FYI, our basement is unfinished, Alex uses the large room with our boiler as his sort of Gentlemen's Cellar/ workroom. The frame usually covers a couple of inches of the fireplace opening, so fireplace doors act something like a smoke guard, lowering the effective opening of the fireplace.

When it comes to your fireplace and your chimney, the size of your flue pipe is pretty much set in stone (or concrete, more literally). offers chimney sweep and maintenance services that can help keep your chimney clean and free from obstructions.A page of our site is forwarded to the specified e-mail recipient only when you use the Refer-a-Friend feature on our site. If your chimney professional determines that the flue really is too small, the solution is a smoke guard or fireplace doors.