14 x 24 inch Chimney Balloon Chimney Draught Excluder + FREE mouth inflation tube - NEW IMPROVED DESIGN, Made in the UK

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Inexpensive – Chimney draught stoppers are among the least expensive draft-prevention products on the market, providing an effective solution without breaking the bank. There are always going to be gaps for air leakage to continue to steal your expensive heating and cooling. We do offer a bespoke Chimmey Sheep® service, so please get in touch with your chimney dimensions and we'll be able to provide you with a quote. It's not the right answer for a long term reduction in those high heating and cooling bills while keeping that center of so many family memories readily usable.

To determine the best size Chimney Sheep® for your chimney, you’ll need to measure your flue and use our size calculator. While fireplaces might add plenty of charm and warmth to a house, chimneys can be a source of heat loss, drawing warm air out of a space. Just as when draught proofing a front door or your windows, there are many different products on the market designed to prevent heat loss from the chimney. It stops heat loss by acting as a chimney plug draft stopper that air seals and insulates the fireplace. The Chimney Balloon is designed to fill the whole chimney void, and be left in place for long periods of time.

For more tips on how keep heat in and cold out check out these 6 easy ways to reduce your heating bills. The main alternative to a chimney balloon is a traditional draught excluder, you can find these designed to fit into most chimney designs. Most flues are round, so inflating a balloon will comfortably fit and become an effective draught blocker. The wool is felted to create a perfect plug for the chimney and a handle added for easy insertion and removal. Banish cold draughts or prevent heat disappearing up the chimney with the Inflatable Chimney Balloon.

Consider having your chimney serviced by a professional and ask the tech to take a look at your flue.There are 6 standard sizes of Chimney Balloon and these will fit standard chimneys, but there is not much flexibility within these. It can be taken out and reinserted, but this needs to be done carefully so as not to damage it, and it can take a bit of effort to inflate and deflate.

So when I could feel a cold draft in our family room it didn’t take long to track down the source of it – our chimney. If you measure your chimney and there isn’t a size small enough, get in touch for a bespoke Chimney Sheep® quote.

There is no such thing as a universal chimney draught excluder as each chimney is different in shape and size. So cold air is pulled in, usually from around doors and windows, creating the chilly draught that you can feel (and hear when it’s windy).

The plastic Chimney Balloons can be blown up manually and are inserted into the throat of the chimney. was bought by Chimney Sheep Ltd and although the products they offer are different they now work together. Measure your chimney about a foot or so out of sight where your Chimney Balloon will fit as shown in the diagrams.

The medium range of our wool chimney draught excluders contains our most popular Chimney Sheep® sizes. Made from felted sheep wool, this product is designed to prevent any damp issues from occurring as it is breathable, blocking the majority of airflow into and out of the chimney, whilst allowing for ventilation. A Chimney Sheep® is a removable chimney draught excluder made from highly durable, naturally breathable Herdwick wool. Skyscrapers deal with the ‘stack effect’ by having revolving doors instead of normal ones, to create a ‘seal’ on the building.