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Pleasant Hearth hearth guides
Measuring, choosing between doors and a screen, gas logs and fire pit placement.
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Pleasant Hearth fireplace door sizing guide
Where to measure the opening, and which door size covers it.Open the guideFitHow to measure a fireplace for glass doors
A glass door is sized to the tightest point of your fireplace opening, and brick openings are almost never square.ReadScreens and doorsFireplace screen or glass doors: which one your hearth needs
A screen and a set of glass doors both stand between your room and the fire, yet they do different work.ReadGas logsVented or vent-free gas logs: what each one asks of your home
Both kinds of gas log set put a flame in your fireplace, but they send the fumes to opposite places: up the chimney, or into the room.ReadFire pitsWhere to put a fire pit: distance, base and the right fuel
Before you unbox a fire pit, walk the yard with a tape measure.ReadTwo widths, two heights, one door
Take your readings tonight, note whether the fireplace is masonry, and open the door size that holds both numbers. The people at Pleasant Hearth size every door the same way, so one set of readings works for all of them.
