Having a fireplace in your home is not only beautiful to look at when you have a fire burning and logs crackling, but it is also a great source of warmth and heat as well.
To help spread that warmth around the room, or rooms, you can add a fireplace blower.
Here is a closer look at how a fireplace blower works and how it can help heat your home this winter.
How does it work? One of the biggest concerns with having a fireplace has always been the fact that it doesn't really heat up a room too well.
Unless you have a way of blowing the heat out into the room, it will only keep a small area warm.
Well, this is where a good fireplace blower will come in.
It takes the heat that is generating from the fire and distributes it out into the room.
The blower can do this by sitting in front of the fire in order to heat the entire room, or in a doorway to help heat more than one room.
Of course, you will always want to follow the manufacturer's instructions for placing it the right way.
How does it really help? Keeping warm air from the fireplace circulating throughout the room or home is a great way to reduce heating costs and get the maximum amount of efficiency out of it.
It will not have any effect on the combustion of the fire, only in distributing the heat produced.
How do you install it? Installing a fireplace blower isn't overly difficult as long as you have a power source handy in which to wire into.
Generally speaking, blowers are installed at the same time the fireplace is built, but that doesn't mean you can't still have one.
It may just be a little more expensive in doing so.
The job can be accomplished by a do-it-yourselfer, or in most cases, having a company come out and do it for you.
You can find all different types and styles of fireplace blowers on the market.
There are many websites that offer online catalogs to browse through as well.
Prices range from very affordable to more expensive depending on the model and size.
You can easily find one to fit the size of your home.