Keep Warmer with a Fireplace Heat Exchanger

These days, many people are looking to their fireplaces to help them save a few dollars on their heating bills. Generally, this is a wise move provided they're keeping in mind safety considerations. But there are those who sense that they're not getting as much heat as they could from their wood fire.

In fact, many people realize that rooms become colder than normal when a fire is burning, and that the only way to be warm is to sit directly in front of the fireplace. This leaves many wondering how other houses with a fireplace get that toasty warm feeling throughout.

There's an easy solution, even though it's also somewhat complex. If you're experiencing an unusual chill in other rooms when you have your wood burning fireplace running, you simply need a fireplace heat exchanger. That's the simple part of the answer; the more complicated part is understanding exactly why you need it.

The point of the matter is that the fire in an open wood burning fireplace will consume a good chunk of the air in your home that was already heated to a comfortable room temperature. The fireplace uses up this air but it also replaces it; however, the substitute is cold air from outdoors. That's the explanation for why a burning fire in one room causes the rest of your home to become colder.

However, there's a simple solution to the problem; just get a fireplace heat exchanger. By installing a heat exchanger with a set of glass doors, you can eliminate that cold air in the rest of the house.

If you have an open wood burning fireplace, a heat exchanger is essential; it's unfortunate that so many people don't realize this. Eventually, they either remain chillled or they put out more money and time attempting to keep out the cold outside air. It's impossible to win the war against cold air without this particular fireplace accessory.

You'll likely spend around five hundred dollars to buy a fireplace heat exchanger. Plus, if you don't install glass fireplace doors, you'll just end up wasting the money you spent on the heat exchanger.