Standard tempered glass is made to withstand temperature up to about 450 degrees.
Should glass doors be closed on a firepace.
When you use your fireplace it is best to leave the glass doors open while the fire burns.
Always keep your fireplace doors open while a fire is burning.
Keeping my fireplace doors closed will make my fire burn longer.
Ceramic glass is designed to withstand temperatures up to about 1400 degrees.
This is simply not true.
3 really good reasons to not burn a fire with your doors closed.
Keeping the doors open allows sufficient airflow to ensure complete combustion and to minimize the.
Glass fireplace doors are made to radiate heat throughout the room.
This will help you save on heating and cooling costs.
Closing your glass doors when you re not burning a fire in the hearth will actually prevent this from happening.
Some common myths about fireplace doors.
The glass can shatter sending hot shards of glass into the room.
Fireplace dampers typically don t fully seal and so doors on a fireplace can help further reduce the loss of air up a chimney when used in conjunction with a damper.
That is why we do not recommend closing the glass doors on a fireplace while there is a fire.
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 better the airflow is the better and longer your fire will burn.
A wood stove uses a pyro ceramic glass that is resistant to thermal shock.
2 it is not safe.
A fireplace uses tempered glass that is resistant to physical shock.
1 you will shatter your glass doors.