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The
fireplace glass door performs it's utilitarian functions only when
you use the fireplace. Do not forget the every day function of a
glass door in making your selection. 365 days a year the fireplace
glass door accents the focal point of the room, the fireplace.
The glass door is a piece of fireplace furniture which is the
central to the interior design theme of your home. The decision as
to the style and finish of glass door should bear as much importance
as any other major furniture fixture purchase.
THE FUNCTION AND
USE OF FIREPLACE GLASS DOORS
In addition to being a very attractive
addition to home furnishings, the glass door firescreen has many
useful and functional features.
Starting a fire can be made much easier by closing curtains and doors
and opening the bottom draft (if available). When the fire dies down,
it can be rekindled in the same manner.
Closing the curtains and doors as well as the dampers drastically
reduces the amount of heat that is normally lost up the chimney - heat
which is often generated by oil, gas or electric furnace.
Radiant heat is greatly increased with the curtains closed and the
doors open. Operating the screen with the doors and curtain closed,
heat is conducted through the doors and the metal front of the screen.
For fireplaces without flue dampers, a glass door firescreen is a
must. Closing the curtains and doors when retiring will allow the fire
to die down safely.
Since the fireplace damper MUST be open with gas logs installed, a
glass door allows you to close the doors (with the logs turned off) to
keep heated room air from getting up the chimney
DOORS OPEN
With the doors open a greater amount of heat is radiated from the
fire, a mesh curtain screen is always recommended for added protection
when a wood fire is burning with the doors open.
DOORS CLOSED
With the doors closed, heat from the fire is conducted through the
glass panels and metal front (not recommended for large fires). Closing the doors also restricts heat
loss through the chimney.
LEAVING FIRE UNATTENDED
Before going to bed at night, merely close the screen damper controls,
the mesh curtain screen and the doors. Do not close the fireplace
damper. Central home heat loss is greatly reduced. Safety is assured
with the glass doors acting as a barrier to possible flying sparks. |
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| IMPORTANT NOTICE |
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Special Notice Regarding Gas Appliances |
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Conventional Gas Logs with a standing
pilot and Unvented Gas Logs with pilots create a very significant
potential for corrosion of your new Fireplace Glass Door System or
Fireplace Surround. Please take a moment to read these instructions so
that Non-Warranty corrosion of your new fireplace glass door or surround
does not occur.
CORROSION OF YOUR FIREPLACE GLASS DOOR, SCREEN AND ATTACHMENT HARDWARE
WILL OCCUR IF YOU LEAVE THE PILOT BURN IN YOUR FIREPLACE WITH THE DAMPER
CLOSED. THIS CONDITION WILL NOT OCCUR WHEN YOUR APPLIANCE IS IN NORMAL
OPERATION OR IF YOU LEAVE THE DAMPER OPEN WHENEVER THE PILOT LIGHT IS TO
REMAIN LIT AFTER YOU TURN OFF THE APPLIANCE.
Natural Gas and Propane are chemical compounds known as Hydro-Carbons.
When you combine a Hydro-Carbon with oxygen and enough heat, you have a
fire. When a Hydro-Carbon is burned, the two by-products of Carbon
Dioxide and Water are produced. This continuous escaping of moisture
inside the confines of fireplace with a closed damper causes corrosion.
Conventional gas log sets are shipped with a damper clip. This clip MUST
be clamped to your damper which will insure the damper does not tightly
close in order to vent the pilot. This is a safety requirement. This
small opening should normally allow the moisture to escape up the
chimney. However, the very small amount of heat generated by the pilot
is not always sufficient to induce a draft and moisture stays trapped
inside your fireplace causing the screen, decorative metal parts and
hardware to rust.
Unvented gas log products cause more severe corrosion conditions since
they operate with the damper fully closed. However, these products
contain a spark ignition pilot lighting system and oxygen depletion
system which makes it very quick and easy to light the pilot each
time you burn the appliance and turn off the pilot when the appliance is
not in use.
Your chimney should also have a cap and serviceable storm collar to
insure rained does not leak into your fireplace. This moisture will also
soon destroy the metal parts of your fireplace glass door and is not
covered under the limited warranty.
THE LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER CORROSION CAUSE BY WATER, ACID
CONDITIONS OR MOISTURE FROM GAS APPLIANCES. EXTINGUISH THE PILOT WHEN
THE APPLIANCE IS NOT IN USE OR LEAVE THE DAMPER OPEN AND SEAL THE
FIREPLACE BY CLOSING FIREPLACE GLASS DOORS. |
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