Glass Doors with Airculator on Fireplace with Ledger Stone Veneer - Project #20860

Customer Comments: Looking to pair fire doors/screen with airculator.

Our Comments: The Airculator poses challenges when added to a fireplace with a rough opening. The glass doors must fit inside the opening, while the Airculator vent sits on the hearth outside. To make this work, the door frame must be deeper than normal by adding a return flange to the back side of the door. This can only be done with the higher end steel or wrought iron doors. An alternative is to use the Grate Heater with the bottom vent cut to fit inside the opening. I have created mockups showing both options. These will require ceramic glass if you want to take full advantage of the heater by burning fires with the doors closed.

Measuring & Installing: Please read the instructions on this page for: How to Measure and Install Glass Doors on a Rock Fireplace.

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: Unknown

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Medium to High-End Steel Doors

Steel doors are more substantial than the less expensive aluminum doors. They are heavy duty and rugged and are more customizable because the frames are laser cut.

Flat Steel

Option #1: Hearth Creations Flat Steel Framed Cabinet Fireplace Glass Door in Matte Black with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Gate Mesh Backup Doors. Shown with Returns on frame for added depth, sitting on top of Airculator Heat Exchanger.

Flat Steel

Option #2: Hearth Creations Flat Steel Framed Cabinet Fireplace Glass Door in Matte Black with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Gate Mesh Backup Doors. Shown with Grate Heater fitting inside opening.

High End Hand Forged Wrought Iron Doors

Hand forged by a blacksmith from 1/4" thick solid wrought iron with heavy duty gasketed doors for a tighter seal and maximum draft reduction. Not only are these built to be used, they take on a more rugged natural look for those who appreciate craftsmanship and tasteful details. The forging process produces a unique texture that you cannot get with laser cut steel and there are added hammered textures that can be for a more rustic applications. These doors are often used for extremely large fireplaces because of their heavy duty solid frame and hinges. They are commonly ordered with ceramic glass for buring hot fires with the doors closed.

Wrought Iron

Option #3: Hand Crafted Wrought Iron Fullview Bifold Fireplace Door in Burnished Black with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Gate Mesh Backup Doors. Shown with Returns on frame for added depth, sitting on top of Airculator Heat Exchanger.

Wrought Iron

Option #4: Hand Crafted Wrought Iron Fullview Cabinet Fireplace Door in Burnished Black with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Gate Mesh Backup Doors. Shown with Grate Heater fitting inside opening.

Frame Returns

Returns

Shown Above: Frame Returns on back side of fireplace door. This allows the door to extend out past the stone opening to sit on top of the Airculator. Half of the frame would stick out of the opening while the other half fits inside the stones to allow mortar to fill the gaps.

Other Pictures

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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