Description: Colt Cowls market leaders in the production of chimney cowls since 1931. Chimney cowls for use on chimney pots, flexible flue liner, twin wall flues and chimney cowl accessories
adapters (259) chimney cowls (12) hightop (7) colt cowls (5) colt top (5) chimney birdguard (5) flexible flue (4) duraflue (4) colt top 2 (4) birdguard (4)
Chimney cowls have been manufactured from many materials over the centuries including clay, metal and many centuries ago even wood. However, since Colt Cowls invented the first commercially successful chimney cowl in 1931 most chimney cowls have been manufactured from a variety of metals. For most of this and last century, The Colt Cowl, of which over 3 million have been successfully sold and installed in the UK in the last 80 years has been made from aluminium.
More latterly a huge range of chimney cowls and birdguards have been sold, particularly in the wake of an ever increasing solid fuel burning market. Many of the lower quality manufacturers have chosen to make chimney cowls from low quality steel and rivet them together. Sadly, this form of making chimney cowls, whilst cheap, does not offer good quality and a product that lasts. Steel tends to corrode very quickly when subjected to smoke from fuels being burnt and outside environmental conditions such as sal
Stainless steel chimney cowls have included the Top Birdguard Stainless Steel as a multi fuel birdguard with robust base for easy installation. The High Top Flex Stainless Steel which is the same as the High Top Birdguard cowl, but with a spigot for connecting to stainless steel chimney liner. The Rotorvent revolving chimney cowl which is an anti-downdraught chimney cowl with a revolving bowl made from stainless steel.