Build a fire with dry seasoned firewood and kindling or fire starter bricks then close the metal mesh screen but leave the glass doors open.
Gas fireplace glass doors open or closed.
If you close the doors the flames pull towards the glass where it can impinge and shatter the glass.
A fireplace uses tempered glass that is resistant to physical shock.
Keep in mind the glass used with a wood stove is different from that used with a fireplace.
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At chimney safety institute of america we commonly get asked about whether homeowners should leave the glass doors on their fireplace open or closed.
Leaving my glass fireplace doors open when i m not burning a fire is ok.
How to have a fire.
First open the flue.
All gas logs should be burned with the doors wide open even if a mfr tells you they are approved for closed doors.
In the off chance you have.
At this point the temperature from within the fireplace is moderate and won t cause damage to the glass.
Designed as a surface mount these track free doors sit outside the fireplace opening against a flat surface and help reduce.
Do not attempt to close your masonry fireplace doors until only a few embers are left burning in the hearth.