Nice. I'm just going to take my door and screen off to keep it simple & clean looking. My apartment doesn't allow fires anymore due to insurance reasons, so I'm gonna pack it full of flameless candles of varying sizes. You, sir, have helped inspired me to get to work.
I used CLR to clean the windows and it worked perfectly. I let the CLR sit on the glass for hours while I did other stuff. CalciumLimeRust remover. Thank you for your vid :) Plus I am painting the "brass" black. Excited. Thank you!!
You have a drop dead gorgeous set of glass doors. They are exactly like mine. The prior owner of my house removed all the screens and I will not operate it without a screen and I have been looking all over the place for them. I found them on Amazon and ordered a pair. When they arrived I removed the whole unit by lossening the pair of thumb screws on each side. I took it outside and I needed to clean it up. My glass was not as bad as yours. I removed the fiberglass insulation and set the three pieces a side. Then I went grabbed my spray can of PB Blaster penetrating oil and sprayed it down and wiped it down with cloth rags. Then I used Windex to clean the glass. I would have used a razor scraper and Windex to clean the glass if it was like yours. I would have grabbed the one to clean the creamic stove top that gets rid of all that burnt on stuff. My glass doors just needed Windex. Then I turned it upsinde down and removed the rods and threaded the new screens on the rods and reinstalled the rods. Connecting the pull chains were tricky because the rods are actually slightly too short to fit right. Put the insulation in and reinstalled. I even fixed the air damper at the bottom with the PB Blaster and replaced the missing antique brass knob from Lowes. The difference in appearance is remarkable and after seening yours, you need to clean the brass. Antique brass is gorgeous, and a lot better than the black people are painting them with. I hope I have inspired your next video. Wait for warmer weather and do it outside on a table that you can get oil and dirt on. FYI, close the damper to keep varmits out. My flue cap blew off in a hurricane and later I had a baby and momma squirrel in my fireplace behind the glass doors. Our pets were going crazy. Do you know how to get squirrels out of the house? I do. Open the house doors and they run out. Momma out the front and the baby out the back and a dog and a cat chasing them. Enertainment was had by all.
This man just saved me at least 300 bucks in the first three minutes of this video. I have a broken glass panel and had no idea how to go about fixing it. Taking off the door was a huge help! Thank you!! Now that I know how to take the panels off, as lazy as I am, I'm going to put them in the dishwasher by themselves and see how clean they turn out. Thumbs up and subscribed.
We dismantled a '70s vintage brass insert for an update with matte black paint. It came out great and went back together with surprising ease despite the 8 months it sat in the shed before it rose to the top of the jobs list in a whole-house reno. Until we tried to put the doors back into the tracks. We are neither ignorant nor foolish men, yet we couldn't figure out how to get the doors back on their tracks. We struggled! Our prolonged efforts only served to gouge the new paint revealing the underlying shiny brass. The heavy, sharp bottom was danced across the new den flooring. The foulest of vocabulary was hurled to the heavens out of maws dripping with frustrated sweat. There had to be a secret to this; the answer couldn't be to pop the rivets and come from behind... The last ditch effort was to fire up the laptop to see if anyone else had solved this conundrum. Dude, you saved that insert from being hurled out behind the barn If we were in that position, I'd wager there are a whole gaggle of us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I've owned my home for four years and now doing renovations. I've been scared to use the fireplace because I could see the dust buildup. Your video was exactly what I needed to know to be able to get the doors off to deep clean and replace the log set and burner. Thanks for your post!
Just moved into my new home and have a broken glass panel on my fireplace that I had no idea how to replace. Thanks for the video you have a new subbie!
Great video - needed to insert only 1 pin on a door- even the chimney sweep was unable to figure it out!! So thanks! ALSO-glass doors are to be open when burning a fire! You’re lucky they haven’t exploded!
This video was very helpful. I've tried for 10 years to remove my doors but doing it all wrong. They are clean now and I think i'm going to paint them black to update them.
Great tip to take the doors off, but a cheaper product to use that cleans them even easier is Dollar General's "No Fume" oven cleaner. It's half the price, and all you do is spray it on, wait ten minutes, then rinse it off in your shower.
Thank you so much, what an awesome video, we have just moved and are now proud owners of a beautiful wood fire place that is in desperate need of a good clean, your video was very helpful, we also have some chain (pull from the side on Pully system) chain curtains that also need attention, very rough and only one pulls, do you have any videos on that 😊
Great video! Which manufacturer makes this glass door? I have one similar for which I need the mounting brackets. Trying to find out where I can order them.
What is the track or main piece that holds the doors called? Mine started coming loose and is almost identical to this. You can see what looks like some kind of foam insulation between the wall and the frame of the fireplace doors. It doesn't look like nearly enough if it's supposed to be adhesive. I was thinking I might be able to use fireplace caulking like Rutland.
WOW, I watched this and looked at the fireplace doors.....THEY ARE OFF. A fire is a true simple delight but dirty glass spoils the view. Not any more, thank you!
Yes! Glass door are to be open when burning a fire, mesh screens closed. They can be closed when there are only small embers about to go out. Glass doors are tempered and will explode if left closed - he’s pretty lucky I’d say!
Huh....I've been closing the doors for 37 years. AND I stoke it up before I close them. Then it keeps heat going for hours after I go to bed. I also upgraded to a new blower with a 90 degree temp shutoff so it doesn't keep blowing after the box gets cool. My ceramic glass is rated to 1360 degrees, it came standard with my insert. You can upgrade to ceramic glass, check online, they can cut custom sizes.
I found the spring but when I release it there is a screw in the track that stops the door from coming in far enough to remove them. Would it mess us the screen if I remove the screw?
Best way to clean the glass. Dip newspaper into water then press wet part onto Ashes then use that to wipe off the glass doors. Once the newspaper gets to dirty get another sheet of newspaper and repeat the process. You will go through a dozen or so sheets of newspaper. It's super fast and easy.
There may be 2 thumb screws on each side that may take a pair of pliers to loosen. Then just lift it up and off. Some others are screwed into the brick. Stick your head in with a flashlight and takea look.
I'm wanting to remove the entire thing and use a decorative screen. This style is not attractive in my opinion. I live in a desert climate where winter is mild.
How do you install New Glass for broken glass panel On Bi-fold Fireplace doors? Nobody seems to have any video's, My doors are ALMOST exactly the same as yours with the exception That mine do not have the spring release mechanism, so I had to unscrew the bolts instead.
Your video is a perfect example of why CZcams is so bloody useful. Thank you!
Thank you! My door had come off the track and your video taught me how to put it back on, as well as how to clean it.
Getting ready to remove, clean and repaint the gold deteriorating frames. Thank you for showing me how it’s done!👍
Super helpful! I'd been working to find the spring for 20 mins.
I truly appreciate your video. It helped me out TREMENDOUSLY. My Fireplace looks like it’s been remodeled. Thanx Bruh 😎
Nice. I'm just going to take my door and screen off to keep it simple & clean looking. My apartment doesn't allow fires anymore due to insurance reasons, so I'm gonna pack it full of flameless candles of varying sizes. You, sir, have helped inspired me to get to work.
I used CLR to clean the windows and it worked perfectly. I let the CLR sit on the glass for hours while I did other stuff. CalciumLimeRust remover. Thank you for your vid :) Plus I am painting the "brass" black. Excited. Thank you!!
Best directions ever thank you.
You have a drop dead gorgeous set of glass doors. They are exactly like mine. The prior owner of my house removed all the screens and I will not operate it without a screen and I have been looking all over the place for them. I found them on Amazon and ordered a pair. When they arrived I removed the whole unit by lossening the pair of thumb screws on each side. I took it outside and I needed to clean it up. My glass was not as bad as yours. I removed the fiberglass insulation and set the three pieces a side. Then I went grabbed my spray can of PB Blaster penetrating oil and sprayed it down and wiped it down with cloth rags. Then I used Windex to clean the glass. I would have used a razor scraper and Windex to clean the glass if it was like yours. I would have grabbed the one to clean the creamic stove top that gets rid of all that burnt on stuff. My glass doors just needed Windex. Then I turned it upsinde down and removed the rods and threaded the new screens on the rods and reinstalled the rods. Connecting the pull chains were tricky because the rods are actually slightly too short to fit right. Put the insulation in and reinstalled. I even fixed the air damper at the bottom with the PB Blaster and replaced the missing antique brass knob from Lowes.
The difference in appearance is remarkable and after seening yours, you need to clean the brass. Antique brass is gorgeous, and a lot better than the black people are painting them with.
I hope I have inspired your next video. Wait for warmer weather and do it outside on a table that you can get oil and dirt on.
FYI, close the damper to keep varmits out. My flue cap blew off in a hurricane and later I had a baby and momma squirrel in my fireplace behind the glass doors. Our pets were going crazy. Do you know how to get squirrels out of the house? I do. Open the house doors and they run out. Momma out the front and the baby out the back and a dog and a cat chasing them. Enertainment was had by all.
This man just saved me at least 300 bucks in the first three minutes of this video. I have a broken glass panel and had no idea how to go about fixing it. Taking off the door was a huge help! Thank you!! Now that I know how to take the panels off, as lazy as I am, I'm going to put them in the dishwasher by themselves and see how clean they turn out. Thumbs up and subscribed.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been wanting to clean these but couldn't figure out how to get them out.
All clean now! 🙂
We dismantled a '70s vintage brass insert for an update with matte black paint. It came out great and went back together with surprising ease despite the 8 months it sat in the shed before it rose to the top of the jobs list in a whole-house reno. Until we tried to put the doors back into the tracks. We are neither ignorant nor foolish men, yet we couldn't figure out how to get the doors back on their tracks. We struggled! Our prolonged efforts only served to gouge the new paint revealing the underlying shiny brass. The heavy, sharp bottom was danced across the new den flooring. The foulest of vocabulary was hurled to the heavens out of maws dripping with frustrated sweat. There had to be a secret to this; the answer couldn't be to pop the rivets and come from behind... The last ditch effort was to fire up the laptop to see if anyone else had solved this conundrum. Dude, you saved that insert from being hurled out behind the barn If we were in that position, I'd wager there are a whole gaggle of us. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The most useful bit for me was how to get the doors off 🙂
Thank you!!!! VERY helpful. I knew there had to be an easier way to clean the inside of the doors.
I've owned my home for four years and now doing renovations. I've been scared to use the fireplace because I could see the dust buildup. Your video was exactly what I needed to know to be able to get the doors off to deep clean and replace the log set and burner. Thanks for your post!
I bought my first house and it has the same fireplace and I wanted to clean the glass door but couldn’t till now ! Thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much!!!! I was able to do it right after I watched your video !!!!!
Just moved into my new home and have a broken glass panel on my fireplace that I had no idea how to replace. Thanks for the video you have a new subbie!
This was exactly what I needed. Perfectly done! I thank you and my fireplace thanks you!
This was very helpful. i looked it up and you have the same door system as I have. Much appreciated!
This was super helpful - thank you! Also, I'm now adopting the term "marinate". 🙂
Thank you! I was breaking my head trying to figure out how to take the doors off to clean and spray paint black.
Thank you so much!!! It’s Feb 2022 and this cleaning method worked like a charm!!!!
Wish I had seen your video before I spray painted our screen 🤦♀️ Now I can finish it and reach the spots covered by the glass doors. Thx!
Thank you for the instructions!
Thanks for this video! I needed to know how to take the doors off and it worked exactly as you showed.
Awesome! My DIY is complete!! Thank you!!!
Very helpful, thanks!
This was extremely helpful. Thank you very much.
Very helpful. Thank you
You can use easy off. Works great.
So helpful. Thanks
Great video - needed to insert only 1 pin on a door- even the chimney sweep was unable to figure it out!! So thanks! ALSO-glass doors are to be open when burning a fire! You’re lucky they haven’t exploded!
Great video thanks for sharing
This video was very helpful. I've tried for 10 years to remove my doors but doing it all wrong. They are clean now and I think i'm going to paint them black to update them.
thanks - worked on my Heat-N-Glo wood burning fire place
Thank you!
Great tip to take the doors off, but a cheaper product to use that cleans them even easier is Dollar General's "No Fume" oven cleaner. It's half the price, and all you do is spray it on, wait ten minutes, then rinse it off in your shower.
What? That easy? Thank you! Buzz
Thank you so much, what an awesome video, we have just moved and are now proud owners of a beautiful wood fire place that is in desperate need of a good clean, your video was very helpful, we also have some chain (pull from the side on Pully system) chain curtains that also need attention, very rough and only one pulls, do you have any videos on that 😊
Thx man
Nice 👍
Nice
Great video! Which manufacturer makes this glass door? I have one similar for which I need the mounting brackets. Trying to find out where I can order them.
What is the track or main piece that holds the doors called? Mine started coming loose and is almost identical to this. You can see what looks like some kind of foam insulation between the wall and the frame of the fireplace doors. It doesn't look like nearly enough if it's supposed to be adhesive. I was thinking I might be able to use fireplace caulking like Rutland.
YOU ARE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR...
🤗CAN I HAVE YOU🤗
Oven Off Cleaner works just as well.
WOW, I watched this and looked at the fireplace doors.....THEY ARE OFF.
A fire is a true simple delight but dirty glass spoils the view.
Not any more, thank you!
I see that you have your fires with the doors closed. I read in few places that they always should be open during burning time. Thoughts on this?
Yes! Glass door are to be open when burning a fire, mesh screens closed. They can be closed when there are only small embers about to go out. Glass doors are tempered and will explode if left closed - he’s pretty lucky I’d say!
Huh....I've been closing the doors for 37 years. AND I stoke it up before I close them. Then it keeps heat going for hours after I go to bed. I also upgraded to a new blower with a 90 degree temp shutoff so it doesn't keep blowing after the box gets cool. My ceramic glass is rated to 1360 degrees, it came standard with my insert. You can upgrade to ceramic glass, check online, they can cut custom sizes.
I found the spring but when I release it there is a screw in the track that stops the door from coming in far enough to remove them. Would it mess us the screen if I remove the screw?
how about one side of glass cant closed all the way?
Best way to clean the glass. Dip newspaper into water then press wet part onto Ashes then use that to wipe off the glass doors. Once the newspaper gets to dirty get another sheet of newspaper and repeat the process. You will go through a dozen or so sheets of newspaper. It's super fast and easy.
How do you remove the whole metal or brass part and put a new one in? If anyone can provide a video of that I would greatly appreciate that
Just want to replace a Old one and want a different color
@@CrystalSprings777 I'd like to see a removal as well
I saw something by 'This Old House' that was helpful.
There may be 2 thumb screws on each side that may take a pair of pliers to loosen. Then just lift it up and off. Some others are screwed into the brick. Stick your head in with a flashlight and takea look.
Mine doesn’t have a spring. No clue how to do it.
CanNOT find the spring on either door. We both looked and felt around a long time--and no luck. :(
Try lifting up on the doors, or tipping them on a angle. Keep trying !
I tried and tried no to avail 😢. I sure don’t wanna break him.
Mine didn't have these tabs to push, had to yank them out.
I'am not taking all apart to clean the dam glass. I just spray windex on it good and wipe it down. Still streaks do it again
How to lock these glass doors please? My baby always opens the glass door.
I can not for the life of me find a spring 😢
Hi Micah and Lincoln sent me
Use a razor blade to clean glass
Exactly. I use either a paint scraper or my long handled scraper that I use for auto detailing. Then use "Invisible Glass" in the spray bottle.
I'm wanting to remove the entire thing and use a decorative screen. This style is not attractive in my opinion. I live in a desert climate where winter is mild.
How do you install New Glass for broken glass panel On Bi-fold Fireplace doors? Nobody seems to have any video's, My doors are ALMOST exactly the same as yours with the exception That mine do not have the spring release mechanism, so I had to unscrew the bolts instead.