A glass fireplace can limit the mess that escapes from your fireplace (ash, soot, and debris), but can also be a real pain to keep clean. Even if you're working with a gas system, glass doors can ...

The glass barrier of a gas fireplace door can heat up to more than 200º F in 6 minutes. Adapted from recommendations published by the Children's Hospital, Aurora, Colo.

Most fireplace curtains are situated on a track at the top of your fireplace opening, held in place by a few sheet metal screws. To remove the curtain, all you need to do is remove the screws with ...

Days shy of her first birthday, Marin Montgomery stumbled into the glass of her family's fireplace. The pane was so sizzling -- hot enough to cause 3rd degree burns at the slightest touch -- that ...

Under pressure from federal regulators, fireplace manufacturers agreed to add screens to the glass doors of gas fireplaces to prevent serious burns to an estimated 200 children a year 5 and younger.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – The story that ended with Moderustic co-founder Edgar Jaunzemis receiving a patent for his company’s decorative fireplace glass is one of “triumph and tragedy,” the man ...

Remember that the glass can remain hot enough to cause a third-degree burn half an hour after it’s shut off. Or simply don’t use the fireplace when young children are present.

Manufacturers and other interested U.S. and Canadian businesses came together to draft the fireplace standard in the 1990s, as concern about energy efficiency and wood-smoke pollution fueled ...

Marin was one of the more than 2,000 children ages 5 and under who, according to federal estimates, have suffered burns from the glass enclosures of gas fireplaces since 1999.

More Information Fireplace glass: danger in your living room -- Never leave your child alone in the room with the fireplace when in use until 45 minutes after it is turned off, or the fire is out.