Diy Fireplace Blower Fan

Plenty of heat was coming straight up from the gas logs in the fireplace but it couldn t make its way to the ceiling fan to be circulated properly.

Diy fireplace blower fan.

Mark fan screw positions. Use it to draw. This air then passes through a series of tubes or chambers that pass through your fireplace. If your fireplace burns wood then you will want to clean the blower once every few months as soot creosote and ash can build up rather quickly.

I made a fireplace heat exchanger for my living room. Using the dampeners as a template mark the position of the fan screws on the steel. I used a 14 nutone 50cfm bathroom fan as the blower and the rest is exhaust pipe. Regularly clean the fan and the motor of your blower to help it work at its optimal level.

1 cut your wood so it is all 6 inches wide. A fireplace blower grate consists of an air inlet pipelines or air tubes and an air outlet. Using a wire brush to get through the vents can easily push the build up out. Find a round object such as a mug that has the same diameter as the fan blades.

Resulting in a loss of propane and a cold room. The air inside these tubes is heated by fire built atop them and is then expelled through the outlet to heat the room. Duct tape or gorilla tape 2 hose clamps 1 or so about 0 70 each 18 of 1 id plastic tubing a couple of bucks at home depot 9. The one i had laying around the house was the coleman 4d universal quick pump that you can get for less than 15 on amazon.

Fireplace fan step 1. If you want to get a bit more fancy. Should have 4 pieces in the end. The inlet draws in cold air from the room.

1 battery powered blower like the kind used to blow up air mattresses. 4 d cells for the blower 7 at home depot fabric tape. Remove the old fireplace air blower photo 1. It cost me about 75.

It works great the whole house is. 2 measure the sides of the fan 3 cut the wood to match the lenghts of the fan. But you can replace the blower with a complete motor fan blower assembly yourself in about an hour for less than 140.