Show home heating hints cinc by john barclay heating geatins expert ITS easy to regulate a furnace 1 fire to meet the requirements of daily temperature changes all you need to do is to understand the functioning unction ing of the check and dampers check damper a flap like damper which should be located in the chimney pipe between the turn check d damoff if TS 5 W d damper turn rp er clar niver damper and the chimney when its avs open it slows up the burning speed of the fire closed it quickens the speed damper located below the grates and controls the amount of air supplied to the fire to produce the best results these dampers should W work ork together when one is open the other should be closed and vice versa in mild weather when a slow lasting fire is needed the check damper should be wide open and th the e damper closed when more heat is needed the check damper should be partly closed the damper partly oper for extremely cold weather the check damper should be closed tight the damper wide open the proper use of these two dampers insures the proper degree of heat at all times on a minimum amount of fuel copyright service |