{"id":261,"date":"2020-11-22T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creatingsmarthome.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:21:41","slug":"fireplace-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creatingsmarthome.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/22\/fireplace-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireplace enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that the heating period is truly started and fireplace is being used more frequently, I though to smarten things up a little bit for the fireplace part of our house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. How many times have I forgot to close the fireplace panels?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When burning wood in a fireplace, the fireplace sheets needs to be opened of course to avoind carbon monoxide and all the smoke inside the house :D. But too many times when the burn is completed, I forget to close those panels.. that’s basically energy wasted when the panels are open for the whole night! So I asked myself how to remember to close the panels before bedtime? Then it hit me: door\/window sensor to the rescue \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First thing to do was to figure out how to attach sensor to the metal stick. I desided to design a 3D model that I could use to install door\/window sensor into. It came out a bit loose, so I thightened it out with a metal clamp, so far so good.. Door sensor I used was A<\/a>q<\/a>a<\/a>r<\/a>a<\/a> Zigbee Door sensor<\/a> that I paired with my Conbee II ZigBee receiver<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sensor holder model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Door sensor to check if fireplace panels are open\/closed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fireplace panels closed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sending a notification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After pairing the sensor with my hub, it was time to create an automation with Home Assistant. I created just a simple automation to send a push notification to my phone at 21.30 if the panels are still open. That way I can go and close those before getting to bed. Nothing too fancy so far, I think this is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fireplace panels, open or closed?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Setting up the ventilation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When having a forced ventilation a small under pressure is always active. That, of course, makes starting fire a little more difficult. Luckily my ventilation machine (Vallox 121SE<\/a>) has a feature called “fireplace mode” that actually creates a small overpressure for 15 minutes. I recently created a modbus client with ESP8266 <\/a>and integrated it into home assistant. Some days ago I finally managed to implement a remote fireplace switch control<\/a> on it aswell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I do not want to open a phone every time I’m starting a fire so I decided to install a Aqara Switch<\/a> next to the fireplace. I configured Home Assistant to enable ventilation fireplace mode on a button click, so now I just need to press the button before starting a fire. Again one more thing to make things more “simple”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ventilation fireplace mode on by single switch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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