On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:08:10 -0500, "Lou"
wrote:

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==="Roy" wrote in message
. net...
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=== First its not glass........usually fireplace screens have pyrex, yes
=== thats a type of glass but a wood stove does not have glass. Its a
=== clear ceramic material commonly kown as Robax.........Look it up. It
=== will withshatnd much higher temperatures than cast iron will, and as
=== for breaking, its probably as strong as cast iron and a lot of other
=== materials even if hot. Its rare that these Robax panels ever break, as
=== yu really have to go out of your way to break them..
===
=== I have seen demonstrations of this stuff where its heated to over
=== 5,000 degress, and imediately dunked in a bucket of ice water, or have
=== a bowling ball on a chain swung into it in ice cold and super hot
=== conditions, and not suffer any damages.As to cleaning, its a
=== snap......no big hassle involved, no worse than cleaning a regular old
=== window.......It does add a nice aesthtic look and does radiate more
=== heat than a solid metal panel does, but does not retain heat as much
=== as a solid panel, but odds are its an even trade off.......with
=== radiated heat vers heat holding.
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===Besides, if the original poster, as stated, truly doesn't care about how the
===thing looks, there's no need to ever clean the transparent parts.
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Yep, just because its transparent doe snot mean you have ot clean
it,.....for the most part it will stay clean wif its working right and
a you keep a good fire in it.......mine stays relatively clean and on
the times it may get smooked up once the draft is turned up it just
burns off.......
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