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Flue Stretcher Chimney Caps,
by Gelco, in Copper
Flue Extenders Cure Common Smoky Fireplace Problems
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When you have just one flue, reduce downdrafts by using the Flue Stretcher to raise your flue above nearby structures and roofs.
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With two or more flues, use the Flue Stretcher to raise one flue above another. Keep smoke from one flue from being pulled into your home
by the other flue.
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Copper Flue Stretchers by Gelco are an ingenious and strikingly attractive way to solve two fireplace problems that result in smoke being drawn into your home through a
fireplace. The Flue Stretchers effectively raise the height of your flue one or two feet, so they are helpful with some smoky fireplace problems:
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- If smoke sometimes puffs into your room while your fireplace fire is burning, check outside your home. Are there structures (such as a taller part of your own home,
a nearby home, or trees) blocking a good flow of air by your flue? If so, would raising your flue's opening by a foot or two put it above those structures? If that's the case, a Copper Flue
Stretcher can be a low cost solution to your down-drafting problem.
- If you have an upstairs and a downstairs fireplace with flues near each other, do you get smoke coming out of the downstairs fireplace when the upstairs fireplace is
burning? If so, adding a Copper Flue Stretcher to the flue of the upstairs fireplace raises the flue's opening by a foot or two. By distancing with a Copper Flue Stretcher the upstairs
flue's smoke from the downward pull of the downstairs flue, you can eliminate the smoke-out-one-flue-and-down-the-other problem.
(NOTE: If neither of these conditions describes your
flue or flues, but fireplace smoke is coming into your home, see our article about solving smoky
fireplace problems for the best solution to your particular situation.)
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As an added benefit, many people just like the looks of the Copper Flue Stretchers! These tall chimney cap flue extenders give an appearance similar to a clay chimney pot or a European copper chimney
pot, and extend the strong vertical line of your chimney, for a fraction of the price.
Copper Flue Stretchers are available with four base sizes that fit a range of flue dimensions (see chart below.) To add one foot of height to your existing flue, select a
22" tall Flue Stretcher; the additional 10 inches is the chimney cap part of the Flue Stretcher. To add two feet to the height of your existing flue, select a 34" tall Flue Stretcher; the additional
10 inches is the chimney cap part of the Flue Stretcher.
Let Copper Flue Stretcher Chimney Caps cure your smoky fireplaces with style!
If you want to keep your Copper Flue Stretcher a shiny copper instead of letting it mellow to an antique copper finish, use the Clear Protective Copper Coating.
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Base Size and Total Height of Copper
Flue Stretcher
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Fits Flues with This Range of Outside Dimensions
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Item Number
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Price
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8" x 8" Base;
22" High
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6 1/2" x 6 1/2" to
8 3/4" x 8 3/4"
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14498
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$261.95
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Add to Cart
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8" x 8" Base;
34" High
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6 1/2" x 6 1/2" to
8 3/4" x 8 3/4"
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14499
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$365.95
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Add to Cart
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8" x 13" Base;
22" High
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6 1/2" x 11 1/2" to
8 3/4" x 14"
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14504
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$329.95
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Add to Cart
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8" x 13" Base;
34" High
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6 1/2" x 11 1/2" to
8 3/4" x 14"
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14500
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$412.95
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Add to Cart
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13" x 13" Base;
22" High
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11 1/2" x 11 1/2" to
13 3/4" x 14"
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14501
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$414.95
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Add to Cart
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13" x 13" Base;
34" High
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11 1/2" x 11 1/2" to
13 3/4" x 14"
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14502
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$562.95
with FREE Shipping *
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Add to Cart
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13" x 17" Base;
22" High
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11 1/2" x 16 1/2" to
13 3/4" x 19"
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14503
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$519.95
with FREE Shipping *
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Add to Cart
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13" x 17" Base;
34" High
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11 1/2" x 16 1/2" to
13 3/4" x 19"
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14505
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$736.95
with FREE Shipping *
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Add to Cart
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* FREE Shipping to continental United States only
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When you want the quality of a copper chimney cap, but would prefer the glow of new copper
to the weathered, "antiqued" look  of aged copper, 421 Clear Protective Copper Coating
spray is your answer. The picture to the left shows the difference between a section of a copper chimney cap protected with 421 Clear Protective Coating and the rest of
the chimney cap that was unprotected for six months. The acrylic, water resistant base provides protection for your copper chimney cap without yellowing or staining.
Note: Over time, the sun's UV rays
will break down this coating. Reapplications may be necessary. One can provides multiple applications.
12 oz. can of 421 Clear Protective Copper Coating
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Item # 80105
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$19.85
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