Adding the door will help you to control the burn rate of your fire making it more efficient.
Open fire stove doors.
Only use seasoned non resinous hard woods.
It can increase efficiency up to 40.
It will allow you to control the burn rate of your open fire and can be used in conjunction with an existing back boiler to increase its output.
It is easy enough to install diy and will make your fire more efficient.
This streamlined version has a unique double door and window area and a log store underneath the fire chamber.
Wet or oily wood produces much more smoke in wood burning stoves than seasoned hardwoods.
6643 black wood.
If you have a back boiler this door will convert your open fireplace into a closed fireplace.
For the same sort of money you can have a very nice quality inset stove.
Stoves look great in both traditional and more contemporary settings.
The boru stoves doras fire door is a fire front that can be retrofitted to most standard 16 or 18 open fireplaces.
In the course of doing a bit of research for blog articles for this coming winter i visited some local dealers.
The irish made boru doras fire front steel door has a price tag of 550 a very high price indeed for a simple steel door.
Try to limit opening the door to when the fire is not open flaming and is only coals to stop smoke coming out of the stove when the door is open.