Energy Efficient Fireplace Doors

Fireplace glass doors offer another level of safety for the home by protecting children and pets from the fire.

Energy efficient fireplace doors. Constructed for a surface mount these doors sit outside the fireplace opening against a flat surface and help reduce heat. To improve efficiency and reduce standby losses this is the only option i recommend. The fireplace glass door creates a barrier between the living space and the chimney thus reducing the area that your furnace will have to heat. This week ernie talked about re building his dual sided fireplace and adding a damper and tempered glass doors in the process.

In the heating urban myth debate elizabeth shared her former roommate s assumption that using a gas fireplace to heat a single room would be more efficient than a central heating system not necessarily it. The best alternative for an efficient fireplace is to use an outside combustion air vent in conjunction with glass doors. A traditional wood burning fireplace adds warmth and romantic ambiance to a home s interior. Metal framed storm doors might have foam insulation inside their frames.

Within the last 15 years fireplace inserts have become much more energy efficient. This alone is a good reason to install these doors but it s not the only reason. In the middle of winter fireplaces are a popular topic. Storm door frames are usually made of aluminum steel fiberglass or wood painted or not.

If you plan to purchase a storm door consider features that improve the energy efficiency. Select price low to high price high to low name a to z name z to a osburn stratford ii zero clearance wood stove fireplace 3 699 00. All the heat being radiated from the fire stays inside the room and none is drawn back into the fireplace and up the chimney. Burning money a fire in an open hearth is only 10 percent efficient at best which means that 90 percent of the heat energy you ve paid for goes up in smoke.

Fortunately new energy efficient fireplace designs are helping wood burning fireplaces achieve efficiency ratings of 75 or more. But most are energy hogs converting only 15 of wood s energy into useful heat.