Spark Screen for Small Brownstone Fireplace 27x27 - Project #20952

Customer Comments: Hi Greg - Need a spark guard for the fireplace in our living room. It’s a brownstone in Brooklyn so space is tight and it needs to look good and be safe. Opening is roughly 27x27. The interior frame is .5 inches and juts out about 1.5 inches. Thanks!

Our Comments: The marble trim around the opening poses a slight design challenge. Ideally, the screen would fit inside the opening to allow the lip to be seen as a design element. However, fitting the sreen inside means it must stand on its own, so it would need to stand out about 5" away from the opening, which does not provide good spark protection. If you use a free standing screen, I believe it needs to just overlap the marble. I have presented several other options of ways to fit attached screens and doors inside the opening.

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: 27" W x 27" H

Before

Before:

Single Panel Screen

Option #1: Hearth Creations Single Panel Screen with Angle Feet and Square Handles in Black.

Single Panel Screen

Option #2: Hearth Creations Single Panel Screen with Angle Feet and Square Handles in Gold Powder Coat or Satin Brass.

Mesh Curtains

Option #3: Solid Brass Fireplace Mesh Curtain Screen with Top and Bottom Bar In Satin Brass.

Mesh Door

Option #4: PW Brass Plated Steel Single Gate Mesh Door in Satin Brass.

Mesh Door

Option #5: PW Elite Plated Steel Single Cabinet Glass Door in Satin Brass with Tempered or Ceramic Glass and Single Gate Mesh Backup Door.

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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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