how can I improve my chimney draft without building it higher?

Answer 1

in order to get a good draft, your chimney should be at least
one foot higher than the highest part of the peek of your house.
you might be able to just buy a flue tile to lengthen it, without adding blocks or bricks, also keep chimney clean, they make a chimney brush, but the best way i found is to use a heavy tow chain, and shake it down in the chimney. or if your chimney has a cleanout door on the outside, try leaving it cracked open a little bit.

Answer 2

One way to improve chimney draft if the chimney is on an outside or cold wall; would be to build an insulated chase around it. A warm chimney will always have a better draft

Answer 3

You may need to raise the temperature of the chimney by lining or insulating it and you must have a source of air in the building to replace the volume of gas removed by the chimney.

Answer 4

One way to fix it is put get a chimney cap made like the one the railway used on cabooses. It will grab a draft in different planes . It has two tubes set at 45 degree angles.

Answer 5

A window near the chimney left cracked open might work, that's about all I can think of.

Answer 6

Here's wishing you and yours a warm Christmas season.

Go up top--look down chimney--remove bird nest. Then do what the guys above said.

Good luck

PS: Your flue is open right? All the way?

Answer 7

crazy dave gets my vote..lol one way would be to have it cleaned (unless you did this) the whole thing sweeped.. fix a problem in one of the rental houses and i couldnt see anything in it. i used a mirror and could see out the top.. but the sweep fixed it