Hello everyone,
I’m sure someone out there can help us out.
My wife and I recently moved into a newly constructed home in Leesburg, VA. The home is two stories with a basement. Our 2nd floor bedroom (front side of house) has a direct vent gas fireplace (Heat-n-Glo 750). The fireplace’s location required it to be vented through the roof. The vent terminates on the back side of the house’s roof.
During windy days (+15-20mph), we can hear the wind howling from the fireplace box. It is loud enough to wake me up at night which is significant since I sleep through just about everything. Does anyone have some solutions on how we might reduce/eliminate the wind noise coming from the fireplace? (insulating the pipe, different vent cap, etc)
Let me know if I need to provide any additional information. Thanks for any ideas you may have for us.
–Rob
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If the flue is not capped, you could try adding one. If it is capped, you could play with different configurations of wind deflectors.
Clampman
There is a cap on it currently (keeps out the critters and debris). I'll look into a wind deflector. Thanks for the suggestion!
It seems odd that I don't get the same noise on the vent for the hot water heater though. Perhaps its because of the longer pipe run (roof to basement).
--Rob
Hi, know it has been a few years, but I have the same problem. Were you able to fix the issue?
New home new gas fireplace
Hello everyone,
We recently moved in to a new home and thought it would be great to have a gas fireplace in the living room since I think they look great. Husband wasn't too wild about it. Well, it is vented thru the ceiling and roof. This is Kansas and it makes alot of noise on windy days in the house-even feels like it makes the room cooler.
Does anyone have any ideas to quiet it down? Would make my life better. Thanks for any ideas!
Betty in Hays, KS
Betty
A little more information, please.
Make and model of fireplace? a link to it perhaps.
What type of vent (chimney) does it have.
Is the front SEALED? or just the poor fitting glass doors?
thanks.
edit: Perhaps a picture of the chimney outside-indicating the prevailing wind direction too. Is the chimney tied off to anything?
Probably a change of the cap at the top of the chimney would help, but it's hard to predict what to change to.
If the room's getting cooler that indicates that the fireplace is not well sealed, though.
(It might help to describe the noise. Does it seem to originate above the roof, or does it sound more like air whistling through the fireplace?)
Hi Betty, were you able to resolve the issue?