Chimneys

In an earlier post, we looked at putting an umbrella up your chimney. But you could also put a sheep up there! Having an open chimney in a property is like leaving a window open all the time. The Buildings Research Establishment state that 80 cubic metres of air travels up a chimney per hour. We don’t necessarily notice the warm air escaping, but this warm air needs to be … [Read more...] about Preventing heat loss up the chimney – the Chimney Sheep

Open fires are lovely and cosy but the truth of the matter is that a huge amount of heat goes up the chimney and is lost.  Increasing heating bills and wasting energy. What can you do about this? Well, there are a number of products on the market to help. Today we are featuring Chimella, which is basically a specially designed umbrella which you shove up the … [Read more...] about Preventing heat loss up the chimney – 1