I have a stove full of red hot coals and I opened the door to shuffle them around a bit and there was so much radiant heat coming off the coals that I just left the door open. My chair sits right in front of the stove so I have a good view of it and we don't have carpet. Just wondering if anyone else ever burns their stove with the door open to get more heat off of it or just for the ambiance of the fire.