Sliding glass fireplace doors.

[aqk]

Is there such a thing?
After looking at all sorts of fireplace doors and screens/curtains, I wondered if I could install a pair of sliding glass doors to the fireplace opening.
And what would be the cost? Depending on whetehr it's either ceramic glass or the less-expensive stuff.
I suppose I could get a friend to supply a steel runner on the bottom, and a grooved holder on top.
Then I could slide one 24" door left and the other one right. I have room enough (18"-20") on either side of the fireplace.
I could always block off 8" or so from either side of the fireplace- at 48" it's kinda big anyhow...
Any ideas or thoughts?

 

[john26]

Are you wanting to burn with the doors closed?

 

[aqk]

Doors closed? Definitely not! It creates too much creosote in chimney!
But I have do room on left side for air input anyhow. (see picture).
I'm gonna see if I can put air input/output holes there for a combined fire-grate/heat-exchanger using hi-temp steel boiler pipes....

 

[john26]

Might contact stoll they may be able to make something

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[bholler]

Doors closed? Definitely not! It creates too much creosote in chimney!
But I have do room on left side for air input anyhow. (see picture).
I'm gonna see if I can put air input/output holes there for a combined fire-grate/heat-exchanger using hi-temp steel boiler pipes....

You can absolutely have doors made but it's going to be expensive. Don't bother with the heat exchanger grate thing they are worthless. No matter what you do a fireplace will never be an effective heater.