[rattlsnak]

GF moved into a house where the fireplace deco was redone and they lost the damper control rod so now there is no way to control the damper from outside the fireplace. It opens by hand by pulling the lever towards yourself and closes by pushing the lever towards the back of the fireplace. The only way to do this, is to kneel down and reach way up into the opening to be able to grab the lever and it will not stay closed due to the weight of the damper door so I have to wrap a tie wrap around it or such to keep it closed when not in use. I have gone in person to two different fireplace companies and searched everywhere online and cannot find any place online that sells fireplace hardware to simply buy some type of rod/mechanism to use as a pull rod to activate the damper like it originally had. I'm guessing I'll have to make something? Anybody got any other ideas?