Friday, January 18, 2008

Fire Safety Begins With

A fireplace screen offers protection for your flooring from flying sparks and many times a rolling log. A 10 inch wide side panel will give you around a 5 inch projection and so on.Single panel fireplace screens is a rigid mesh panel framed on all four sides and is designed to lean against the opening but they can be free standing. This rod is mounted from your lentil bar, the flat steel bar that supports your bricks at the top. The three panel screen is placed on the hearth and the side panels are angled back to either side of the opening will allow the screen to project around 4 inches onto your hearth giving it the stability to stand on its own. Most standard size fireplace screens are designed to fit openings around 38 inches wide and 31 to 32 inches high. The screen will sit on your hearth without the support of front feet or rear stabilizer bars. Fireplace screens are available in many sizes to fit your fireplace. Masonry fireplaces are all built by hand on site and no too masons build a fireplace alike.. Screens come in many finishes to fit your home decor. The first thing to remember is that there is no standard size for a fireplace opening. The single panel screen is usually supported by feet on either side to keep the screen from falling forward and supports.

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