01-11-2016, 09:18 AM
Hi all,
So the wife and I bought our house about 18 months ago, and I've been sloooowly picking away at the to-do list, since Jack was born a month later! Anyway, we have this wood burning insert in the fire place. I apologize for no picture, I'll snap one tonight. It's got a steel frame that overlaps the brick surround. I can feel a draft coming from around it, between the brick and steel. We don't burn anything in it right now, but I would like to down the road.
As a temporary thing, I wedged some of that "caulk saver" foam rope stuff into the gap. It definitely helps, but isn't great, and certainly not ideal if we want to burn wood in there.
I checked out the options at Home Depot for foam or caulk, and there are some fire blocker things, but I don't know if they're meant to be adjacent to a heat source like that all the time. I also don't want to block an air gap if it's meant to be there, although I suspect it's just not well sealed from the get-go. Can anyone recommend a specific product?
Thanks in advance!
So the wife and I bought our house about 18 months ago, and I've been sloooowly picking away at the to-do list, since Jack was born a month later! Anyway, we have this wood burning insert in the fire place. I apologize for no picture, I'll snap one tonight. It's got a steel frame that overlaps the brick surround. I can feel a draft coming from around it, between the brick and steel. We don't burn anything in it right now, but I would like to down the road.
As a temporary thing, I wedged some of that "caulk saver" foam rope stuff into the gap. It definitely helps, but isn't great, and certainly not ideal if we want to burn wood in there.
I checked out the options at Home Depot for foam or caulk, and there are some fire blocker things, but I don't know if they're meant to be adjacent to a heat source like that all the time. I also don't want to block an air gap if it's meant to be there, although I suspect it's just not well sealed from the get-go. Can anyone recommend a specific product?
Thanks in advance!
Benny