Gas Fireplace Damper Lock

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Gas fireplace damper lock.

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. More buying choices 189 00 5 new offers fireplace damper stop damper flue clamp or safety lock set of 2. With old style wood fires the smoke will tell you the damper is closed. Energy saving damper model 09110 202 00 202 00.

Chimney caps 13 fireplace stove parts 5 brand. The damper in a gas fireplace should remain open all the time. Only 14 left in stock order soon. Lock top 09120 stainless steel lock top 13 x 13 energy saving damper 09120.

For decades the most common damper in masonry fireplaces was a cast iron throat damper. Fireplace damper clamps are typically used for gas fireplace inserts or gas logs sets where it s required for the damper to be in fully open position at all times. 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. Damper clamps must be installed to lock a fireplace damper in a fully open position when artificial gas logs are installed in a fireplace.

According to the latest standards dampers must either be removed or permanently secured in. 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. It attaches to the damper blade in both metal box type fireplaces or brick masonry fireplaces. Wood burning fireplaces or gas log units that were in place before 1991 are exempt from the newer code.

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. Get free shipping on qualified fireplace damper fireplace accessories or buy online pick up in store today in the heating. Cevans chuck evans cmi trec 7657 september 6 2017 1 59pm. The reason for this is that using the gas logs with the damper closed would put deadly carbon monoxide in the house.

In some jurisdictions it is a building code requirement that dampers be permanently open for gas fireplace logs.