A wood fireplace that is primarily used to provide heat to a room or entire home.

Old, inefficient wood burning fireplaces often take more heat from a space than they put into it.

A older wood fireplace may look warm and cozy; but, all things considered, it tends to be relatively inefficient for home heating. Believe it or not, older wood fireplaces efficiencies typically range from plus 10% to minus 10%. The negative efficiency results from the fire sucking heated air from inside the home to fuel combustion. This air is then vented up the chimney, which pulls cold outside air into the home through the small cracks around windows and doors.

Even when there is no fire burning, inefficient wood fireplaces can vent heated air - especially when there is no flue damper, if the damper does not seal tightly, or is left open.

Here are some ways to improve fireplace efficiency:

Replace your existing wood fireplace with a new high efficiency Napoleon wood fireplace. Napoleon energy efficient wood fireplaces come in various models to suit your decor. These new high efficiency wood fireplaces can heat entire homes or can be used for room space heating. Napoleon wood burning fireplaces are eloquent and can provide a great looking center piece to your living room or rec room.

• • If your wood fireplace does not have a damper, the first improvement should be to install one so that you can close off the chimney when the stove isn't being used. Non-flammable open and closed signs that hang from the damper handle make it easy to remember if a damper is open or closed.
  • Closing the doors on your wood fireplace will help prevent heated room air from escaping up the chimney. The fire still draws air through vents below the doors, but only enough to burn the fuel..
  • Another improvement is to duct outside air into the wood fireplace. Then the fireplace does not use room air for combustion at all. If you have glass doors, the vents can be sealed completely.

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