Using Draft Inducers in Your Fireplace

Draft inducers are designed to increase circulation in your fireplace and chimney.

Fireplaces and wood-burning stoves are wonderful, however they also require some maintenance. Checking for leaks should be part of your annual pre-season maintenance. If you keep your chimney clean and still find that your fireplace or stove is leaking even the smallest amount of smoke into a room, not only is this annoying, but it can also be dangerous. When smoke is leaked out, CO also escapes with the smoke.

There are several reasons why stove draft problems occur. One reason is a poorly designed chimney system, which can be remedy by installing a special fan, called draft inducers that help improve the draw of the chimney. Draft inducers are also good if your build a fire, which is too large for the exhaust system.

Draft inducers are designed to increase circulation in your fireplace and chimney. They are installed in your stovepipe to create a negative pressure in your fireplace or stove that will increase the airflow up through the chimney. This increased airflow prevents smoke from leaking out through seams or cracks in the stove.

Because draft inducers create such an excellent draft, they also help circulate move oxygen into the stove, thus thy help the fire to start. You don't have to worry about the draft inducers being damaged by the increased temperatures inside of your stove because they are specially designed to resist heat.

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