Screen Door Options for Large Hewn Stone Fireplace - Project #20638

Customer Comments: Looking for this style of screen with doors for our fireplace Simple is best Actual opening size is 42x42. #3 (D103) Free Standing Screen with Doors.

Our Comments: Free standing screens with doors made this large will fall over when the doors are open, so they must be attached to the fireplace at the top, which may defeat the purpose of having it free standing. For this reason, I have included a couple other options for attached screens that will be much sturdier and more practical. Glass doors are highly recommneded as they allow you to close the doors when the fire is dying out to keep the heat in the home. Doors with ceramic glass can be burned closed, or closed during the middle of the fire should you need to leave the room or home unexpectedly, or retire while the fire is at a full burn.

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 temperatures up to about 1450F and can have direct contact with the flames. If you wish to burn fires with the doors closed, I highly recommend upgrading to ceramic glass.

Fireplace Opening: 42" W x 42" H

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Screen Door

Option #1: Hearth Creations D103 Free Standing Screen Door with Straps and Rivets in Burnished Bronze. This screen must be attached at the top using lintel clamps or L-Brackets, depending on how the top of the opening is built.

Screen Door

Option #2: Hand Crafted Luxe Wrought Iron Attached Screen Door in Distressed Black. This door fits inside the opening and is attached to the masonry inside the fireplace with L-Brackets and masonry anchors.

Glass Door

Option #3: Hand Crafted Olde World Wrought Iron Fireplace Glass Door in Plated Matte Dark Bronze with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Gate Mesh Backup Doors. This door overlaps the opening and is attached to the masonry inside the fireplace with L-Brackets and masonry anchors. Can be burned with the glass doors closed with ceramic glass. Gate mesh backup doors provide spark protection when burning with the doors open.

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Fig #1 - Closeup

Fig #2 - Room Setting

Fig #3 - 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

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