| Wood burning fireplaces can be a great source of | | | | back into your room while absorbsorbing some of |
| heat while they are burning. When the fire dies | | | | the heat that goes up your chimney. Once the |
| down you can't close the damper until it has | | | | fire dies down the cast iron fireback will radiate |
| cooled. The hot coals are still pulling heat from | | | | hot heat back into your home for several hours. |
| your home and gently pushing it up the chimney. | | | | This helps to keep the room warm and cuts |
| Many times you awake in the morning only to find | | | | down on the heat loss through the open damper. |
| the room with the fireplace to be several degrees | | | | Cast iron firebacks come in an assortment of |
| cooler than the rest of the home. The fire has | | | | sizes. Measure the width and height of the back |
| died down, the coals have cooled and now cold air | | | | wall in your firebox. For the height measure from |
| is settling in the room. Heat rises cold falls. | | | | the floor to where the smoke chamber starts to |
| Go green with the century old heat recycler for | | | | curve. All cast iron firebacks are around 1 to 1 |
| your fireplace place. That's right century old "Your | | | | ½ in deep so they won't take up much |
| great great Grandparents knew something!" Since | | | | room. Most firebacks can be place in the fireplace |
| the invention of cast iron, around the 2nd century | | | | leaning back against the wall and be supported by |
| BC., man has know that cast iron absorbs heat | | | | the grate. You may not need the optional feet for |
| and radiates it back out. Many older homes today | | | | the fireback. If you are going to use the feet |
| still have cast iron radiators. When a cast iron | | | | subtract 2" from the height dimension to allow for |
| fireback is placed in your fireplace behind the | | | | the feet. |
| grate it heats up and intensifies the radiant heat | | | | |