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Why do I need a chimney cap, bird guard or raincowl??...A good question, and even if you don't have a working fire or nesting birds near by then why should you even worry about it. Well, our bird guards are not just for birds, but the cowls help prevent water ingress down into the chimney flue. Most chimneys have a lead tray, this picks up any moisture running down the inside of a chimney and sends it back out to the external faces. Unfortunately, chimney fires and over sweeping can damage this tray and allow water to penetrate further down into your house, soaking through the walls as it hits warmer and drier brick through natural absortion. So any chimney can benefit from a guard and cowl, especially if you already have water marks appearing. Chimney C caps or vented caps, are a fantastic way to seal off the top of a chimney while keeping air flow up through the old flue. This gentle flow of warm helps prevent moisture building up within the old chimney void that can lead to mould and moss forming and even water marks bleeding through, while reducing up to 95% of lost heat from an open inactive chimney. These devices can literally pay for themselves within a few months! Birds nests account for over 90% of chimney fires, they provide the perfect kindling to ignite the carbon build up on the walls of a flue. Not only that the dense soft padding on top soaks up any moisture and increases the risk of water marks, not to mention acting as a perfect bung for gas and solid fuel appliances alike causing a rapid build up of CO within a room. The old type push in bird guards are not enough and an all to eager sweep can push these out causing damage to the roof tiles and sudsequent vehicles and buildings as it rattles on down. From as
little as £75 + vat!, you can prevent further corrosion
and prolong the life of your chimney and flue. Here you can see a selection of C Caps on the redundant flues and a bird guard and rain cap on the active flue. |
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