Diy Fireplace Blower Fan

Using a wire brush to get through the vents can easily push the build up out.

Diy fireplace blower fan.

Mark fan screw positions. Should have 4 pieces in the end. The air inside these tubes is heated by fire built atop them and is then expelled through the outlet to heat the room. Use it to draw.

It cost me about 75. Resulting in a loss of propane and a cold room. 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. A fireplace blower grate consists of an air inlet pipelines or air tubes and an air outlet.

1 battery powered blower like the kind used to blow up air mattresses. 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. Install a metal. I made a fireplace heat exchanger for my living room.

Regularly clean the fan and the motor of your blower to help it work at its optimal level. 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. Remove the old fireplace air blower photo 1. But you can replace the blower with a complete motor fan blower assembly yourself in about an hour for less than 140.

Identify the fireplace air blower tilt out the bottom grille and shine a light inside the unit. 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. If you want to get a bit more fancy. This air then passes through a series of tubes or chambers that pass through your fireplace.

I used a 14 nutone 50cfm bathroom fan as the blower and the rest is exhaust pipe. Using the dampeners as a template mark the position of the fan screws on the steel. It works great the whole house is. We will then cut it to match the length of each side of the fan.

4 d cells for the blower 7 at home depot fabric tape. Fireplace fan step 1. Find a round object such as a mug that has the same diameter as the fan blades.