Very interesting product and not unreasonably priced. The only other
practical solution to this type of heat loss is a set of tight fitting
glass doors and that will run you several hundreds of dollars and
potentially detract from the overall appearance of the fireplace. I
would prefer something like this simply because it's hidden from view.

Cheers,
Paul

On 17 Apr 2006 10:51:38 -0700, "German Jerry"
wrote:

This is just a side note on the topic of dampers and gas logs, but if
you have no damper or if you are not allowed to have one (Canadian law
on gas logs) you can replace it with an inflatable type damper like a
Chimney Balloon. www.chimneyballoon.us
That way if you start a fire without taking out the balloon, it just
melts and falls out. You can reuse a chimney balloon normally, but if
you start a fire under it you gotta get a new balloon.