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Your chimney allows cold air into the house. How do you close it off?
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∙ 15y ago
shine a light up the chimney and you should see a metal plate or door with a handle on one end that can be adjusted to be vertical (or open-allowing you to see completely up the chimney or adjusted so that it is completely flat and completely blocking the opening (closed) common sense here. It's simply a door,. opening or closing the flue which is always in the open position when having a fire in the fireplace and is always in the closedpositioned when the fire is completely out and never closed unless the fire is absolutely and positively out!!! For a fireplace to not have a damper (door) would be practically unheard of these days, but, if you check and there is none simply buy a cover or make one yourself and use it only when no fire is present
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What did Virgie Ammons invent?
Virgie M. Ammons of Eglon, West Virginia"Inside the fireplace chimney is a device called a "Damper". The damper is opened and closed to allow smoke from the fireplace to be drawn upward out of the house. The "Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool" designed by Ammons allows the damper to be"locked" in the closed position, preventing cold air and dust from blowing down the chimney back into the house."Patent No. 3,908,633 September 30, 1975 Source: Black Facts Online
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What did Virgie Ammons invent?
Virgie M. Ammons of Eglon, West Virginia"Inside the fireplace chimney is a device called a "Damper". The damper is opened and closed to allow smoke from the fireplace to be drawn upward out of the house. The "Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool" designed by Ammons allows the damper to be"locked" in the closed position, preventing cold air and dust from blowing down the chimney back into the house."Patent No. 3,908,633 September 30, 1975 Source: Black Facts Online
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