We've just moved into our new house and there is a "living flame" gas
fire which we'd like to keep, except that it is fronted by an
extremely dirty and damaged sheet of glass which looks horrible.

I have removed the glass, which is plainly part of the design of the
fire. The effect of the removal is to vastly improve the look of the
fire, but I'm slightly worried about whether the fire will still be
safe. I'm not worried about burns, but about ventilation.

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring
complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire
without the glass?

Thanks in anticipation.

"H Bergeron" wrote in message
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We've just moved into our new house and there is a "living flame" gas
fire which we'd like to keep, except that it is fronted by an
extremely dirty and damaged sheet of glass which looks horrible.

I have removed the glass, which is plainly part of the design of the
fire. The effect of the removal is to vastly improve the look of the
fire, but I'm slightly worried about whether the fire will still be
safe. I'm not worried about burns, but about ventilation.

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring
complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire
without the glass?

Thanks in anticipation.

Don't use it without the glass.
If it is not too old, then it may be possible to buy a new glass front, try
contacting the manufacturer or a gas spares shop.

Dave

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:32:10 +0100, (Steve
Firth) wrote:

H Bergeron wrote:

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring
complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Yes.

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire
without the glass?

Your life insurance policy.

Many thanks for your clear and frank advice!

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:54:38 +0000 (UTC), "logized"
wrote:


"H Bergeron" wrote in message
.. .
We've just moved into our new house and there is a "living flame" gas
fire which we'd like to keep, except that it is fronted by an
extremely dirty and damaged sheet of glass which looks horrible.

I have removed the glass, which is plainly part of the design of the
fire. The effect of the removal is to vastly improve the look of the
fire, but I'm slightly worried about whether the fire will still be
safe. I'm not worried about burns, but about ventilation.

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring
complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire
without the glass?

Thanks in anticipation.

Don't use it without the glass.
If it is not too old, then it may be possible to buy a new glass front, try
contacting the manufacturer or a gas spares shop.

Dave

Thanks for the advice. I will look into new glass, or maybe a new
fire. I much prefer the look of this one without any glass at all -
but not enough to want to be gassed by it!

Cheers.

H Bergeron wrote in message . ..
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:54:38 +0000 (UTC), "logized"
wrote:


"H Bergeron" wrote in message
.. .
We've just moved into our new house and there is a "living flame" gas
fire which we'd like to keep, except that it is fronted by an
extremely dirty and damaged sheet of glass which looks horrible.

I have removed the glass, which is plainly part of the design of the
fire. The effect of the removal is to vastly improve the look of the
fire, but I'm slightly worried about whether the fire will still be
safe. I'm not worried about burns, but about ventilation.

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring
complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire
without the glass?

Thanks in anticipation.

Don't use it without the glass.
If it is not too old, then it may be possible to buy a new glass front, try
contacting the manufacturer or a gas spares shop.

Dave

Thanks for the advice. I will look into new glass, or maybe a new
fire. I much prefer the look of this one without any glass at all -
but not enough to want to be gassed by it!

Cheers.

I'd go to a glass supplier rather than a gasfitter: going to be a
fraction the price. Presumably you could also clean up the old one,
though only if the damage is trivial.

Regards, NT

In article ,
(N. Thornton) writes:

I'd go to a glass supplier rather than a gasfitter: going to be a
fraction the price. Presumably you could also clean up the old one,
though only if the damage is trivial.

Make sure you tell the glass supplier what it's for.

I used to have a large Drugasar gas wall heater (which was very
good as such things go). It had a couple of small glass windows
on the room sealed heat exchanger which were used to inspect the
flame, and occasionally these would break. After the first couple
of times of ordering the Drugasar spares, I went to a glass shop.
Explained what I wanted, and they had them made up (not on the
spot), and those ones lasted forever. I believe it was the same
glass those glass saucepans were made of.

--
Andrew Gabriel