Fireplaces And Stoves

Many people chose not to use their fireplaces or stoves as a weak chimney draught requires constant relighting and refuelling. Each time you do, foul-smelling smoke fills the living room. Making it hard to breathe in your own home, ruining quality time spent with family and friends. Troubles lighting the fire occur in every fourth home with either a stove or a fireplace. Some of the most common problems are:

Proper combustion needs a consistent supply of air.

When the chimney draught is insufficient, the chimney does not give the fire a steady air supply. This leads to the fire not burning correctly.

This makes it challenging for the fire to keep hold, forcing fireplace or wood-burning stove users to constantly tender and relight the fire, instead of enjoying it.

A fireplace/stove that spills smoke out is a typical sign of a weak chimney draught.

The natural draught is influenced by the weather, meaning the draught varies depending on the season and outside temperature. Fireplace and stove size, chimney height and chimney location in relation to nearby buildings can also affect draught. This results in smoke spilling into the living room.

Smoke from burning wood is not good for your health. Wood smoke contains fine particles that can irritate the respiratory system. Frequent smoke inhalation can cause serious health problems.

If you experience problems when lighting your fire, this can be a result of a poor chimney draught. This is because the chimney temperature is not high enough to create the needed difference between the exterior temperature and the chimney temperature.

This makes it challenging to light the fire as it is too cool, lacking the required heat needed for a proper chimney draught.

Poor combustion can cause soot build up on the stove door as well as smoke odours. Damp wood, an incorrectly set air damper or insufficient chimney draught will also cause this.

Good combustion requires high temperatures and sufficient air supply.

If the air supply is reduced too quickly, uncombusted gasses and particles will exit through the chimney, causing soot and smoky odours.

It’s, not your fault, without an Exodraft chimney fan, the draught is out of your control!

People are often disappointed when their dream of a cosy warm fire is ruined by insufficient chimney draught. Many often think it must be something that they are doing wrong when they light the fire. The simple act of lighting a fire is made difficult by smoky downdraughts, soot or the fire going out.

An Exodraft Chimney fan gives you control over the draught of your chimney. The chimney fan is placed on the top of your chimney. It creates an updraught by sucking air up and out of your chimney instead of your living room.

You shouldn’t accept a dying fire, soot and smoke escaping into your home, difficulties lighting a fire and odour and soot from your fireplace. Installing an Exodraft chimney fan will remove these issues and get you the perfect fire, in any season. This will allow your fireplace to do its job, that being to create a warm, welcoming home for you and your family to enjoy.