fireplaces: Fireplace Season - 11/15/12 04:57 AM
More than 100 million homes in North America are constructed with wood-or gas -burning fireplaces. However, fireplaces can be big energy wasters.Fireplaces can act like giant straw, sucking your expensive heated or air-conditioned air right up the chimney and out of your house. In addition, sometimes odors, toxins, noise and insects come into the house through the chimney.
Fireplaces often have dampers that are meant to be shut when the fireplace is not used. However, even if the damper is shut it is not air-tight. Glass doors don't stop the drafts either. One study has shown that an open damper on an … (1 comments)