Glass Doors To Help Prevent Fireplace Form Smoking - Project #11659

Customer Comments: Hi, Glad we stumbled across your website. Looking forward to see what you come up with. Our fieldstone fireplace opening is 44" across and 34.5" tall. Bottom depth is 27" and 18" at the top.

We burn hard wood and have had some pretty hot fires. We have a problem with the fireplace drawing properly. We've had it checked several times and the recommendation is to set the grate up on bricks as shown. I’m thinking we might just go ahead and raise the entire floor up with fire brick. We could hide the brick step up with a vent at the bottom.

We considered installing a woodstove but decided we primarily burn when company comes over so having the doors open to hear the sound of the fire is important. As I write this I think what we are trying to accomplish is controlling the airflow at the end of the burn to keep the smoke out of the house. Also provide a better seal to eliminate heat loss and down drafts scattering the ash when we are not burning. Will there be soot build up on the glass? Thanks

Our Comments: Raising the grate is not a bad idea, but can lead to issues with the airflow into the fire, which can cause the fire to smoke more as it dies out. The more common solution is to shrink the height of the opening using a smoke guard, which is a steel bar that runs across the top of the opening. We can make a glass door that has a built-in smoke guard, which is our best recommendation. Below is an example of how that looks.

Fireplace Opening: 44" W x 34 1/2" H

Before

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Legend

Option #1A: Design Specialties Legend 2 1/2" Door Frame with Built-In Smoke Guard that bolts on the back side of the frame at the top. This mockup shows the door frame and smoke guard without the glass so you can see it.

Legend

Option #1B: Design Specialties Legend 2 1/2" Door Frame with Built-In Smoke Guard in Rustic Black. Shown with Clear Glass and Mesh Curtains.

Legend

Option #1C: Design Specialties Legend 2 1/2" Door Frame with Built-In Smoke Guard in Classic Bronze. Shown with Clear Glass, Gate Mesh Backup Doors and Stone Manufacturing WI-GRATE 24" Custom Wrought Iron Grate.

Craftsman

Option #2: Design Specialties Craftsman Fireplace Glass Door with 2" Wide Frame in Forged Iron with Built-In Smoke Guard. Shown with Clear Glass, Gate Mesh Backup Doors and Stone Manufacturing WI-GRATE 24" Custom Wrought Iron Grate.

Armada

Option #3: Design Specialties Milwaukee Forge Armada Fireplace Glass Door in Forged Iron with Built-In Smoke Guard. Hand Forged by a Master Blacksmith. Shown with Clear Glass, Gate Mesh Backup Doors and Stone Manufacturing WI-GRATE 24" Custom Wrought Iron Grate.

Other Pictures

Fig #1 - Closeup

Fig #2 - Closeup - Shown with Stone Manufacturing WI-GRATE 24" Custom Wrought Iron Grate.