If you
have a fireplace, then you are already highly familiar with the
crackling, spitting and spilling that is associated with having a
life fire in you living room. Asides from having a dustpan and brush
nearby, there are other ways that you can make your fireplace more
manageable in the form of fireplace glass doors. So today we are going to
go through the main advantages of fireplace glass.
- Clean-Factor
Glass
fireplace doors keep you fire and anything it wants to spit out,
behind glass: making it easier to keep the areas around your
fireplace clean and tidy. Knowing that anything that cracks and pops
out of your fire will stay behind a glass door is also good because
you can now experiment with different tools, and even visit the
bathroom without being worried about what your fire is throwing onto
your rug whilst you are gone!
The
other major cleaning issue with fireplaces is with the ashes that are
leftover when a fire is done. Ash that is left from a fire can blow
into your living room whenever there is a strong wind outside,
blowing down your chimney. Fireplace glass provides a barrier between
the ash and your living room, so you will no longer be surprised by
small grey clouds arising from your fireplace, threatening your
lovely rugs.
- Temperature regulation
Fireplaces
are attached to chimneys, and chimneys like to blow! Whether the fire
is on or not, one major issue that homeowners with fireplaces
regularly complain about is the unwanted air conditioning effect that
kicks around the fireplace when the winter sets it. Not only do
chimneys and fireplaces let a lot of cold air in, they also such a
lot of warm air out: and so your heating bills goes up and your
temperature goes down! Fireplace glass is a good draught excluder for
such situations, meaning that you can keep the cold air from the
chimney out of your living room, without disturbing the peace and
quite of your living room décor.
- Safety
Any
children, or pets that are allowed to roam the house are at risk of
getting hurt if they come too close to a burning fire, and fireplace
glass is one way to minimize any damage that can occur in the event
of accidental contact. Fireplace doors are built to keep the heat
within the fireplace, so when they are closed (such as when you are
done with your fire and waiting for the hot embers to cool) your
fireplace glass will keep curious little fingers and noses as safe as
possible.
- Better fires
A common
trick to get the fire going, when it really doesn’t want to, is to
hold a newspaper or some other blockage over the fire to guide the
wind up the chimney, giving your fire a good blast of oxygen to get
it roaring. Rather than faff around with paper and cardboard,
fireplace doors will block the wind for you without risking you, or
your newspapers. A great advantage.
Ben
works for Speedy Services
and loves to write about home improvements.
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