Cold Air Through Gas Fireplace

This air is direct to the surrounding area behind the fireplace and comes out through any vent usually the lower grill making the floor icey cold.

Cold air through gas fireplace.

Keeping your home warmer in the winter can involve a couple steps. Putting a bag or plastic over the box outside does nothing. Use our magnetic fireplace vent cover to stop the inner cold air circulation from the vents. If the wall behind the fireplace is uninsulated which is common the problem will be worse.

You will stop the cold drafty air in the winter and keep warm humid air from coming in during the summer months. Chances are before you had gas logs installed your fireplace was a wood burning fireplace. Stuffing the hole s with batt insulation will slow the draft down. After inspecting i realize that the reason this room is always colder than the rest of the house is because there is a ton of cold air coming in underneath the gas fireplace insert.

Leaving the fireplace pilot light on in the winter will help. Look on the outside of the house near the location of the fireplace and see if you find a small vent near where the bottom of the fireplace would be. It seems that the gas insert s enclosure bottom must sit off of the bottom of the fireplace opening by about an inch. The only reason why your vented gas fireplace is drafty is because of the gas logs being installed.

Ways to prevent cold air entering your home through your fireplace. Step one is stopping the cold air draft. Remembering to keep the damper closed when the fireplace isn t being used will block the cold air that wants to enter your home. However with vented gas logs cold drafts are quite common.

Also you may discover that the knockout for the gas line is letting cold air come in. The air comes in through the large unsealed hole that is left from the pipe going through. Use our flue cover to stop the outside air from coming in through the flue. The damper that sits above the firebox should be able to close fully and make a tight seal.