Diy Fireplace Blower Fan

4 d cells for the blower 7 at home depot fabric tape.

Diy fireplace blower fan. Identify the fireplace air blower tilt out the bottom grille and shine a light inside the unit. Using a wire brush to get through the vents can easily push the build up out. The air inside these tubes is heated by fire built atop them and is then expelled through the outlet to heat the room. This air then passes through a series of tubes or chambers that pass through your fireplace.

Should have 4 pieces in the end. 1 battery powered blower like the kind used to blow up air mattresses. We will then cut it to match the length of each side of the fan. Using the dampeners as a template mark the position of the fan screws on the steel.

Use it to draw. Find a round object such as a mug that has the same diameter as the fan blades. Remove the old fireplace air blower photo 1. But you can replace the blower with a complete motor fan blower assembly yourself in about an hour for less than 140.

I used a 14 nutone 50cfm bathroom fan as the blower and the rest is exhaust pipe. It works great the whole house is. 1 cut your wood so it is all 6 inches wide. Mark fan screw positions.

I made a fireplace heat exchanger for my living room. Plenty of heat was coming straight up from the gas logs in the fireplace but it couldn t make its way to the ceiling fan to be circulated properly. Duct tape or gorilla tape 2 hose clamps 1 or so about 0 70 each 18 of 1 id plastic tubing a couple of bucks at home depot 9. If your fireplace burns wood then you will want to clean the blower once every few months as soot creosote and ash can build up rather quickly.

Fireplace fan step 1. The inlet draws in cold air from the room. A fireplace blower grate consists of an air inlet pipelines or air tubes and an air outlet. Regularly clean the fan and the motor of your blower to help it work at its optimal level.

It cost me about 75. 2 measure the sides of the fan 3 cut the wood to match the lenghts of the fan. The one i had laying around the house was the coleman 4d universal quick pump that you can get for less than 15 on amazon.