Enhance Looks and Performance with Chimney Covers and Chimney Surrounds
The way a chimney looks and the way it performs are both important aspects of maintaining a home’s value, and chimney performance affects not only safety but efficiency and cost. Using chimney covers and chimney surrounds to enhance looks and performance is an excellent way to invest in a home’s overall appeal.
Chimney Covers
Chimney covers keep water, leaves, and other materials out of your chimney, plus they prevent birds and animals from entering and building nests or becoming trapped and dying inside your chimney, woodstove, or fireplace. Here are some helpful details about some of the most popular chimney covers on the market.
Hy-C Draft King Chimney Covers or chimney caps are available in a number of configurations, including double or single flue, multi-flue, animal screened, and custom, to name just a few. These attach to decorative stone and concrete outer chimney covers and are available in either stainless steel or black-painted galvanized steel for corrosion resistance. Vent covers from Hy-C are also available; these prevent birds from nesting in kitchen or bathroom vents, and they also keep birds from building nests in roof fans.
Gelco Chimney Covers or chimney caps also come in a number of different configurations, and chimney professionals love the fact they can save money on shipping by purchasing multiple packs to pass the savings on to clients. Like other brands, these attach to decorative chimney covers.
Specialty chimney caps and chimney covers like those from Vacu-Stack can help to counteract wind-related back puffing problems that cause habitual fireplace smoking. They limit downdrafts and help to increase draw for better fire efficiency. Weathershield chimney covers and Mark B Weathershield chimney caps are available in a number of configurations and are ideal for retrofits. These come complete with screens to keep birds, animals, and leaves out of the chimney.
Direct-Vent gas chimney covers come in a number of decorative styles and are designed to look great along any roofline. These are designed specifically for use with gas fireplaces and feature hidden wind protection.
Decorative Chimney Surrounds
One of the best ways to add visual appeal to a home’s existing roofline is to cover up an ugly, plain chimney stovepipe with a beautiful decorative chimney surround that looks as if it’s been there ever since the home was built. Chimney surrounds are made to look just like real brick masonry, and are designed to be installed and secured in place over an existing stovepipe. Quick and easy for fireplace and chimney professionals to set in place, they cover up unsightly class-A chimneys, and they can be installed over ugly PVC plastic vents and other vents that protrude above rooflines, as well. From the ground, these decorative chimney surrounds look exactly as though they are real brick chimneys, and they blend in well with the look of any home’s exterior. Accessories like rectangular caps and trim kits that further enhance the decorative appeal of these chimney surrounds are available and are sold separately.
Lindemann-Chimney-Supply manufacture a variety of dryer vent cleaning equipment for cleaned out your chimney dryer pipe. Chimney Services offers a wide variety of services and products for your chimney including Chimney Covers in a variety of styles and sizes.
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