On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:01:35 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On 22 Nov 2003 12:48:41 -0800, (Duane Morin)
wrote:

Our bifold glass fireplace doors have got enough soot on them that
we'd like to fix/replace them. Most of it has been there since before
we bought the house.
I've tried reaching in by hand to scrub them but the problem is
reaching.

Should there be a way that I can remove these doors in order to clean
them?
How would that work, exactly? I tried lifting them out of the track
but that doesnt work. It seems like the glass is clamped in at top
and bottom, where there are screws, but the screws are placed in such
a way that I'm not sure I could get a screwdriver in there without
taking the whole frame completely off the brick.

Am I missing something simple? My wife wants to just replace them
completely, simply because we don't know how to clean them properly.

Duane

Figure out a way to carefully remove the glass. Lay it on several
sheets of newspapers *outdoors* and spray with oven cleaner. Allow
the lye to work for an hour and scrub. Rinse. Use rubber gloves.
Repeat the procedure if necessary. Polish with Windex.

Hey Phish,
He's asking how to remove them and you tell him to "figure out a
way"??? WTF?
Duane, look at the top and bottom corners of the glass. The glass is
probably pivoting on pins. The pins are probably sitting in little
bent pieces (clip) of metal to keep tension on them. You will need to
push down or up on the clips at the pivot point and then gently slide
the glass door out of the tracks.
Bubba