How To Buy The Fireplace Screens
For hundreds of years, nothing has brought warmth and comfort to homes like a fire roaring on the open hearth. The fireplace has served to bring warmth, light and cheer to the family. If you have a fireplace in your home, then you will need a fireplace screen and fireplace tools. There are a wide variety of fireplace screens and tools that are available in many different price ranges.
When trying to sell a home, a fireplace is often a great selling point, even though most homes today do not depend on the fireplace for the primary heat source. It does not matter if the fireplace is located in the living room, family room or master suite.
Self-contained electric or gas fireplaces can take away a lot of the work and mess associated with a fireplace; however, nothing heats like the traditional wood fireplace. That means splitting and storing firewood, having kindling on hand and having a good set of fireplace tools on hand. It also means that we need a good fireplace screen to keep our fireplace safe.
Fireplace tools can help to manage a fire. For moving burning logs and hot embers, you will want to have pokers and tongs. For cleanup after a fire, you will need to have whisk brooms and shovels. To prevent embers and sparks from escaping the safety of the brick, stone or metal portion of your fireplace, and to keep them off the rest or the floor or carpets, you will need fireplace screens.
When choosing fireplace tools, most come in a standard three piece hearth set. This set includes a broom, shovel and a poker. If you choose a four piece set, it usually includes a set of tongs. Most of the sets include a stand or rack to hold the tools. The stand allows the shovel, poker and tongs to stand inside while the broom hangs from a hook in the back to protect its bristles. The rack can be attached to a log holder or to the fireplace its self. It has hooks for each of the tools.
Fireplace tools must be heat resistant, so most are made of steel or iron. Some are coated with brass or copper while others are simply painted black using heat resistant enamel paint.
Log holders can be added to the set. These are available in many sizes and the appropriate size will be determined by the size of the room. A tiny log holder may look silly in a large great room, while some condos will not have room for even the smallest of log holders.
Fireplace tools and fireplace screens greatly enhance the safety of using a fireplace. Pokers and tongs can be used to re-arrange logs that have rolled away from the main part of the fire. The screen can prevent such coals from rolling off of the hearth and causing major damage to a home.
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