Fireplace glass doors are quite common on today’s modern fireplaces. Whether your fireplace uses wood, gas, electricity, pellets or another alternative fuel source for generating heat, glass doors add to the beauty and practicality of your heat source.
Glass doors on a fireplace are not only attractive but add to the safety of the functional fireplace. When any source of heat capable of generating enough heat to warm an entire room, the temperature of that heat source is hot enough to potentially burn a person or catch objects on fire if they come within direct contact with the heat source. By having glass fireplace doors, there is a wall of protection for you, your family, pets, and possessions so that these hazards are not present or are limited.
In the case of wood, gas or most alternative fuel fireplaces, there is an open flame present in the fire pit while fuel is combusting. Watching the dancing flames can be relaxing and pleasant but if debris drops into the fire, your entire house could be at risk. Also, live fires can generate sparks or hot embers can pop from an open fireplace. Even use of a fire screen is not 100% assurance that an ember cannot jump from the fire and damage flooring or cause a fire hazard. The safety factor added by fireplace glass doors is enormous.
There is another great reason to have fireplace glass doors; the heat generated by the fire in your fire pit can be contained to create convection so that a blower can circulate the air throughout the house. This feature also permits any of the combustible fuel sources to burn more completely, creating less ash to be removed and discarded, far less fumes, and air pollution; yet the doors do not limit the aroma of a natural fire burning when using an aromatic fuel source. The efficiency rating of fireplaces with glass doors is substantially superior to any fireplace which is open to the room.
Fireplace glass doors are replaceable should you ever damage or break the glass. Most doors are attached to the fireplace insert or molding with hinges and screws, making replacement easy for anyone who is handy with basic tools.
Many open fireplaces can be retrofitted to add glass doors without major renovations. An old-fashioned fireplace can easily be turned into a much more efficient and effective source of heat for your home. Even if your fireplace has not been fitted with glass doors previously, you can add them an reap the benefits of this great feature.