Glass Doors Open Or Closed In Gas Fireplace

Simple to install in 3 easy steps these fireplace doors add warmth elegance and safety to your hearth and are fully assembled.

Glass doors open or closed in gas fireplace.

A custom designed glass fireplace door is the perfect finishing touch for your hearth. If you close the doors the flames pull towards the glass where it can impinge and shatter the glass. Additionally it defeats the purpose of a fire heating your room as all the heat will go straight up your chimney not into your room. At hearth home furnishings we display over 20 frame designs from 4 various manufacturers.

Keeping the doors open allows sufficient airflow to ensure complete combustion and to minimize the. All of our glass doors are available in your choice of frame. In retrospect keeping your fireplace doors closed during the hotter months curtails warm air from entering your living space through the chimney when you re running the a c. The primary purpose of the glass fireplace door is to prevent the room s heat from going up the flue when the fireplace is not in use.

The wood and gas need the air circulating through the room to keep a good flame going in the fireplace. We strive to provide you a unique selection that can be modified to your specific needs and style. The premium mesh panels located behind the doors should always be closed and glass doors opened when you have a fire going. It is still an open hearth fireplace which is susceptible to aerodynamics.

At chimney safety institute of america we commonly get asked about whether homeowners should leave the glass doors on their fireplace open or closed. A wood stove uses a pyro ceramic glass that is resistant to thermal shock. When you use your fireplace it is best to leave the glass doors open while the fire burns. A fireplace uses tempered glass that is resistant to physical shock.

Keep in mind the glass used with a wood stove is different from that used with a fireplace. That is why we do not recommend closing the glass doors on a fireplace while there is a fire. If so that s an invitation to use the fireplace with the doors closed. Closing the doors while your fire is burning can create a fire hazard and the tempered glass door is not meant to withstand such heat.

The main purpose of glass doors is to restrict the flow of heated room air up the flue with the understanding that every cubic foot of heated warm air that goes up the flue is necessarily replaced with a cubic foot of cold air that s drawn inside the house from outside. Closing your glass doors when you re not burning a fire in the hearth will actually prevent this from happening. This will help you save on heating and cooling costs.