| The Smoke chamber is the
area directly above the fireplace damper that
helps smoke
find it’s way
up into the flue. Shaped like an
up-side-down funnel, smoke and hot gasses are in direct contact with
the
tapered smoke chamber walls as you burn your fires. For this reason,
building code requires that the smoke chamber walls be at least
8” thick and “parged” smooth. Parging is
where the inside surfaces of the smoke chamber are sealed with a layer
of mortar in order to close off any holes or gaps where heated flue
gasses or carbon monoxide might escape, possibly causing a fire or
physical harm to the occupants. In some cases, the smoke chamber has
not been parged, or holes in the parging may be present. In addition,
sometimes the bottom flue tile is not sealed properly to the smoke
chamber. CHAMBER-TECH 2000 is a specialized insulating mortar
specifically designed to address smoke chamber deficiencies. Able to
stick to vertical and inverted surfaces, CHAMBER-TECH 2000 can be
applied and smoothed on the smoke chamber walls to seal off and
insulate this critical area of your fireplace system. CHAMBER-TECH 2000
will insulate, reducing conduction to combustible materials, add needed
structural strength and at the same time shape the smoke chamber to
help establish a strong draft and keep your fireplace from smoking up
your home! |
