Fireplace Treatments for Traditional 1920s Fireplace - Project #20985

Customer Comments: Hello - I came across your website via Google. We live in a 4-square style historic home built in 1920 in the Swiss Avenue Historic District of Dallas, TX. We are looking for a fireplace screen for our fireplace that measures approximately 32" wide and 35 1/2" in height. Ideally, we prefer tempered glass doors as a component but are open to design ideas that fit the architectural style of the home. Thank you for your consideration.

Our Comments: As we discussed over the phone, I do not recommend glass doors for firelpaces with venltess gas logs, they are unsafe is someone lights the logs with the doors closed. The traditional treatment for a fireplace like yours would be a single panel screen or spark guard with andirons. I have some great deals on Closeout Special* solid brass antique reproduction andirons that I am featuring in your project. I also included one glass door just since that is what you originally requested.

Gas Log Warning: To prevent the burner and pilot mechanism from overheating causing safety issues, vented gas logs must be burned with glass doors open. The Modern-1 door is an exception to this rule as it can be made with a special Gas Log AirWash system that allows you to close the doors while burning a vented gas logs. Vent Free gas logs cannot have glass doors closed under any circumstances. Read more below.

*Closeout Specials: These items were purchased from Stone Manufacturing just before they went out of business and are being sold at or below half price while supplies last. See More: Fireplace Accessory Closeout Specials!

Fireplace Opening: 32" W x 35 1/2" H

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Free Standing Screens

Solid Brass Screen

Option #1: PW SBS Solid Brass Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Polished Brass. Shown without Andirons.

Solid Brass Screen

Option #2: PW SBS Solid Brass Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Polished Brass. Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN12S Antique Reproduction Lafayette Andirons in Polished Brass.

Solid Brass Screen

Option #3: PW SBS Solid Brass Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Polished Brass. Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN8 Antique Reproduction Early American Revere Andirons in Hand Polished Brass.

Solid Brass Screen

Option #4: PW SBS Solid Brass Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Polished Brass. Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN11S Antique Reproduction Catherine Andirons in Hand Polished Brass.

Solid Brass Screen

Option #5: Hand Crafted Olde World Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Burnished Buff Pewter. Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN12S Antique Reproduction Lafayette Andirons in Oil Rubbed Bronze.

Solid Brass Screen

Option #6: Hand Crafted Olde World Single Panel Fireplace Screen in Burnished Matte Brass. Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN15 Antique Reproduction Bonaparte Solid Brass Andirons in Olde Englush.

Boston Spark Guard

Option #7: Traditional Boston Spark Guard (Screens like this are featured on fireplaces in the Whitehouse). Shown with Closeout Special* AR-AN15 Antique Reproduction Bonaparte Solid Brass Andirons in Olde English.

Affordable Aluminum Doors

Aluminum is an excellent material for fireplace doors because it does not rust and can handle high temperatures when treated with powder coated finishes. It is also the most affordable.

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Option #8: Hearth Creations Profile-4 Aluminum Bifold Fireplace Door in Brite Anodized Brass with Tempered Glass.

Medium to High-End Steel Doors

You must open the glass doors when buring gas logs.

Elite

Option #9: PW Elite Brass Plated Steel Fireplace Glass Doors in Satin Brass with Clear Glass.

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

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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INSTRUCTIONS: Send me your pictures and I will create mockups that show how custom made fireplace screens or doors will look in your home. There's no better way to find the perfect treatment for your fireplace. I also do mockups for gas logs!

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