Chimney & Fireplace

heat loss through the chimney or window?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.26 PM

Our bedroom on 1st floor has a chimney going through along the wall from the gas fireplace on the ground floor. The gas fireplace has a lid that closes the chimney, but there are plenty of gaps around anyway. This bedroom is the coldest one in the house. We have a fitted wardrobe around the chimney in the bedroom, but when you open the wardrobe there is always a filling that it is colder inside (almost like there is a draught). Also the bedroom has a big bay window (5 panels). However, this is quite new (~10 years old) double glazing windows. Are there specialists that analyze the heating loss points in the house and detect the major contributors? What is their approx price for such analysis? I suspect that the major heat loss is through the chimney, but it maybe I am wrong and it is actually the window. I have similar questions to the ground floor. I have 2 gas fireplaces in ground floor and I am thinking to get rid of at least one of them. The floor on the ground is made of plywood as the base with parquet on top. So I do not expect the floor looses the heat much. At least there should not be a direct draught from under the floor. update: This is a Victorian terrace house, I have neighbours on both sides. So I do not expect much heat loss through the walls. My loft is converted, I have 2 rooms in the roof which are warmer than the afformentioned bedroom.