Free Standing Screens for Large Basement Fireplace 47.5 x 35.5 - Project #20617

Fireplace #1: Great Room | Fireplace #2: Tropy Room | Fireplace #3: Basement

Customer Comments: Free standing screen to fit inside the opening. Opening Size: 47.5 x 35.5. Make to size: 44.5 x 34.

Our Comments: Here are the mockups for the basement fireplace. Rear stabilizers are required for sreens that fit inside the opening to prevent them from falling over backwards. These stabilizers need to be at least 3" long for a screen this size. The lip at the bottom may be in the way if you wish to push the screen back so it is recessed into the opening. I have provided some illustrations showing how this can be handled.

Fireplace Opening: 47 1/2" W x 35 1/2" H

Before

Before:

Single Panel

Option #1: Carolina Style Single Panel Screen with Traditional Legs and Simplicity Handles. Shown standing even with the firelace opening.

Single Panel

Option #2: 1P30M Single Panel Screen with Angle Feet and Square Handles Legs. Shown recessed into opening with rear stabilizers bent to go over the bottom lip and can be seen through the mesh.

Single Panel

Option #3: 1P30M Single Panel Screen with Angle Feet and Square Handles Legs and Wide Bottom Frame. Shown recessed back to the bottom lip. The wider frame hides the stabilizers allowing them to be set at a height over the lip.

Single Panel

Option #4: 1P30M Single Panel Screen with Angle Feet and Square Handles Legs. Shown overlapping the opening 1" on the top and each side. This screen will stand on its own when leaning against the firelace and does not require rear stabilizers.

Rear Stabilizers

Stabilizers

Rear Stabilizers. Each manufacturer has different styles of these, but this example illustrates the concept.

Measurements

We will need to know the depth from the opening to the lip, and the height of the lip. We also need to know the difference in height between the fireplace floor inside behind the lip and the hearth outside.

Stabilizers

Measuring Diagram for Lip

Other Pictures

Fig #1 - Room Setting

Fig #2 - Room Setting

Glass Door Mesh Options

If you are planning on burning anything in your fireplace, you need to have mesh behind the glass so you can burn a fire with the doors open. You can chooe between gate mesh backup doors and sliding mesh curtains. Functionally, gate mesh performs the best as the wire has smaller holes that sparks cannot get through. Aesthetically, mesh curtains may be preferred because they do not have a vertical center frame that obstructs the view of the fire. When you are not using the fire or you want a complete unobstructed view, they do not stick out like gate mesh doors when they are opened.

We are showing these options on a flat steel bifold door with a satin brass overlay and gray glass.

No Mesh

Gate Mesh Backup Doors

Mesh Curtains

Glass Options

Tempered vs Ceramic Glass: Tempered glass can handle sustained temperatures up to about 450F without breaking from heat and should be at least 8" from the flames. Ceramic glass can handle sustained temperatures up to about 1450F and be in direct contact with the flames. If you wish to burn fires with the doors closed, I highly recommend upgrading to ceramic glass. Ceramic glass is $800-$2000 more than tempered glass depending on the manufacturer.

Not all doors are available with all of these glass options.

Ceramic

Tempered Clear

Tempered Gray

Tempered Bronze

Tempered Black (Opague)

Tempered 1/2" Bevel

Tempered 1" Bevel

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