Cold Air Under Gas Fireplace

The second person told me it was a normal part of the gas venting air flow.

Cold air under gas fireplace.

If you have the damper closed but cold air still sweeps across the room it s very likely that your damper is worn cracked warped or generally degraded. There is no trouble shooting suggestion for this problem. Use our flue cover to stop the outside air from coming in through the flue. The airflow in the control area under the insert doesn t seem to be part of the gas system.

I can t find where it is coming from nor how to shut it off. When you close the flue you re essentially plugging the chimney with a metal flap. I am the original owner of the house and looked through the manual. A damper is a metal flap in your chimney that blocks cold air from coming in and warm air from escaping.

We recently bought a 1996 house which has a majestic gas fireplace. After inspecting i realize that the reason this room is always colder than the rest of the house is because there is a ton of cold air coming in underneath the gas fireplace insert. I have a gas fireplace that is blowing cold air into the room. Even the heat fan that kicks in is located above the insert not below and there is no cold draft coming from the fan.

It seems that the gas insert s enclosure bottom must sit off of the bottom of the fireplace opening by about an inch. I ve noticed it when it s not in use especially at night but it seems inconsistent and not necessarily predictable by the temperature or audible wind. In the winter alberta we get huge drafts coming in the grills of our gas fireplace insert.