Lock Top Damper Instructions

Lock top easily operates from inside your firebox and seals tight every time you close it.

Lock top damper instructions.

The manufacturer warrants for the purchaser s lifetime that our energy saving fireplace dampers when reasonably maintained and used on solid fuel burning chimneys shall be free from any defects in materials and workmanship. How to install a lock top chimney damper operating instructions for the lock top chimney damper. To open before lighting a fire. Pull the damper handle down slightly and release allowing the lug to pull up and hang freely about 4 above the bracket.

In order for the damper to close properly the cable must be inside the indented bar that holds the fusible link together. See illustration if lug only hangs 1 to 2 above bracket damper may not be open. Lock top dampers operating instructions. Lock top top sealing dampers are as much as 90 more efficient than throat dampers because they provide a silicone rubber gasket seal rather than metal to metal.

Lock top mounts on top of your chimney to keep out animals leafs bugs snow and rain. The lock top also eliminates downdrafts seals out rain which can deteriorate the inside of your chimney and prevents entry by pests like squirrels raccoons and nesting birds. If the cable is outside the indented bar of the fusible link the damper will not close properly.