Saturday, December 21, 2013

Easy Ways On Clean The Chimney Damper

By Harriett Crosby


A damper is a piece of metal plate that is installed in the fireplace and other temperature conditioning products. In the case of a fireplace, it covers the chimney so that the air will not escape from the room. This also helps protect the fireplace from any unnecessary visitors like squirrels. Due to advancement, there is now called ewc damper motor to make it more automated and convenient. And since a fireplace is a dirty place, you have to clean its cover regularly.

Well, in every cleaning routines, you always need equipment to help your work easier. And so you should have the following, wire brush, dustpan and broom, bucket, news, and a clean towel. You might also need cleaning agents to get the dirt faster, and bleach and TSP is much needed when it comes to this. Well you might have stuff that you usually use while doing this and you are not forbidden to use them.

You can start by sweeping ashes from the fireplace using the broom and the pan. Make sure that you are covering your mouth and nose while doing this because the dust particles might be inhaled and will go directly to your lungs which is very dangerous especially for those who are asthmatic. After that, you need to throw the ashes properly or pour it into you garden as fertilizer.

And then get the news papers and lay them down into the entire floor of the fireplace, leave no space for a soot to spill. This method would help you avoid re cleaning the floor after you remove the damper from the chimney. The news papers will serve as the catch basin of the soot that might fall from the damper.

After that, you can now remove the plate from the hole where it was attached. The ease of detachment will depend won how it was attached by the installer. Most of the time, it is attached with a screw that needs a screw driver. Once you have removed the screws, you have to dump the dirt from the plate in the garbage.

For there are still residues remained in the damper, you will be scraping them using a wire brush. Do not do it in a hard manner for it might scratch the surface, once it will be scratched, its lifespan will weaken. But you are just doing this to prepare the instrument for the next process.

With a gallon of warm water in the bucket, pour the tri sodium and the bleach then shake it thoroughly. To remove the soot totally, you need to dip a brush into the mixture and then scrub the whole thing. Then you can wash it with a clean water. Let it dry with a towel and then return it from its place.

Once you are done, leave it aside and let it dry and then go back to the area. Get the news papers carefully so that no soot will fall and then throw it into the bin. Using a vacuum cleaner, clean the entire area just in case there are still crumbs of ashes left. Or you can use the broom as an alternative.

Ewc damper motor might be useful to some who has an air conditioner for this allows the temperature to distribute fairly. But if you think that your chimney need it, then you should probably buy. Just make sure that it is not fake,




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