Abacus Construction Index: USA
Chimney Caps
ABOUT CHIMNEY CAPS
Chimney caps are metal caps fitted to the top of the chimney flue. In some cases chimney caps may be added purely for decorative purposes. More usually chimney caps are fitted for three practical reasons: to produce an up draft to help the fire burn better, to keep out rain, and to keep birds and other obstructions from entering the chimney flue. Chimney caps may be supplied in stainless steel, in copper, or in black painted galvanised steel. Copper chimney caps weather to attractive shades, and are particularly suitable for traditional properties.
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To help provide an updraft, some chimney caps are designed to swivel with the wind. Others, known as turbine chimney caps, spin horizontally with a wind turbine action, providing a upward such of air from the chimney.
LEADING USA CHIMNEY CAP MANUFACTURERS
The following leading chimney cap manufacturers have comprehensive websites, with information on all aspects of chimney caps, including online catalogs, colors and materials for chimney caps, and installation of chimney caps.
Chimney Cap Design. Chimney Cap Design, based in Tualatin, Oregon, is a leading internet supplier of chimney caps. These are offered in stainless steel or in copper, in a wide variety of designs. Chimney caps are fitted to the top of the flue above an open fire or boiler. They help the first to burn better, by providing a steady up draft in the flue. They also avoid birds or other obstructions getting into the flue. Designs include the Rain Cap, which is designed to provide basic flue protection from rain and from animal invasion.
Other models of chimney cap include the DraftMaster and AirManager. The design of the DraftMaster chimney cap is based on Bernoulli's law, creating lower air pressure at the chimney opening compared to the pressure inside the chimney. DraftMaster chimney caps are also designed to produce laminar air flow, rather than turbulent air flow, assisting the passage of smoke from the chimney.
Fireplace Essentials. Fireplace Essentials is an online retailer of fireplace tools and accessories. It was founded by Bill Goudy, who worked for over ten years as a professional chimney sweep in upstate New York. The Fireplace Essentials website offers twenty types of chimney cap, including: Stainless Steel Single Chimney Cap, Copper Single Flue Chimney Caps, and Chimney Dampers. Other models include the Vacu Stack chimney, designed to avoid wind-related backpuffing; fully assembled Copper Chimney Pots; and European Copper Chimney Pots. The Flue Stretcher Chimney Cap extends the height of the chimney, helping to overcome draft problems.
Specialist chimney caps supplied by Fireplace Essentials include: Chimney Caps for Metal Pipes, Copper Single Flue Chimney Caps, and Stainless Steel Single Flue Chimney Caps. Fireplace Essentials also supplies an Exhausto Fan, which is guaranteed to stop smoking fireplaces; this can also be sued as a ventilator to exhaust stale air and cigarette smoke.
Volko Supply. Volko Supply, based in Garden City Park, New York, is a leading online retailer of chimney caps. The chimney caps on offer from Volko Supply include: Single Chimney Caps, Custom Chimney Caps, Masonry Round Chimney Caps, Double Chimney Caps, Turbine Chimney Caps, Specialty Chimney Caps. The Turbine Chimney Cap is a dependable rotary chimney cap, which works automatically, continuously, and silently - except when there is no wind. Turbine chimney caps up to 14 inch diameter are aluminum braced. Larger sizes are steel braced for extra strength.
Volko Supply also offers an electrically powered exhaust chimney fan, which safely exhausts wood and gas fireplaces and coal or wood burning stoves. Other products offered by Volko Supply include: Full Size Copper Weathervanes, Copper Finials, Cupolas, Copper Roof Vents, and Gutter Accessories.
OTHER PRODUCTS RELATED TO CHIMNEY CAPS
You may also like to visit our USA product guides on: Chimney Liners, Coal Stoves, Fireplaces, Gas Stoves, and Wood Stoves.
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES
We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4Specs at www.4specs.com, Arcat at www.arcat.com, Arcom at www.arcomnet.com, Reed at www.reedfirstsource.com, Sweets at www.sweets.construction.com.
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Other recommended portals: Archbone, Building Design, Homeone Australia, Lighting Directory, Sapling, Stone Network.
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