Yes. You need to add a raditor double but wide and increase the wind speed of the cooling fire. Easy.

No no adding a second open fire in opposite to cancel the cooling of the first is how to fix

Oh. You’re right. Makes more sense this way because the first fire is cooling and the additional double but wide raditor won’t cancel the cooling fire only the long but short raditor. So smart.

Round here it's only a matter of time before the jackdaws block the chimney with a nest. I think you can get bladders to push up the flue and inflate, but this can/will cause a damp problem. A traditional firescreen will somewhat break up the draft. Our house had a pillow pushed up the flue when we bought it. We now have a wood burning stove, which stops the draft (draught?) lit or not.

You can get something to plug the chimney , google “chimney sheep” to see what I mean. Obviously have to remove it to use the open fire.

It’s spelled “radiator” by the way.

the fire, is cooling, the room?

I presume the fire is turned off? Have you bled all the air out of both radiators?

There’s a damper in our chimney that we can close when the fire is off - it stops draughts. If the fire is on, the bigger problem is generally that the thermostat sees that the room is hot, so shuts off the central heating. If that’s the case you may want to reposition the thermostat

So, either block up the chimney or move your thermostst

Yep. The up-draft creates a suction that draws the air out of the room and up the chimney.

It's haunted. /s

>It’s spelled “radiator” by the way.

I legit thought he meant two Redditors in a room...

How do you know it's not spelled "redditor"

Years ago, we had a house with fireplace "dampner" which was built into the fire place. I was totally bummed when the fireplace pulled away from the house and was demolished.

Fireplace. Cool air is drafting down the chimney and into the room.

Ceiling fan could help.

Move the couch.

Something like this.

a radical redditor?

Me too hahahaha was reading this as a joke and waited for a punchline lol idiot.

Its not blocking a raditor

when the fireplace isnt in use.. warm air will escape up the chimney pulling air from the room with it.

but when there is fire, the radiation from the fire does not cool the room.

OP's english isnt that great. not quite sure what open fire means.

no, that's not how it works. hot air rises and escapes, pulling air from the room with it, while the fireplace isnt in use.

Those must be some powerful radiators, then.

Nothing wrong with OPs English. An open fire is a commonly used description for a fireplace where you have a real log/coal burning fire.

u/novatroop77s it looks like you may be in the UK - if so then you will get more UK specific advice and help on r/DIYUK

Maybe get a chimney balloon?

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No, but it's sitting in the cold spot. Easiest and cheapest solution is to to move it.