Is is safe to remove glass from gas fire.

[Steve Firth]

Yes.

Your life insurance policy.

[H Bergeron]

We've just moved into our new house and there is a "living flame" gas fire which we'd like to keep, except that it is fronted by an extremely dirty and damaged sheet of glass which looks horrible.

I have removed the glass, which is plainly part of the design of the fire. The effect of the removal is to vastly improve the look of the fire, but I'm slightly worried about whether the fire will still be safe. I'm not worried about burns, but about ventilation.

In a glass-fronted design, could the glass have a role in ensuring complete combustion or protecting from CO fumes?

Is there anything I should check out before starting to use this fire without the glass?

Thanks in anticipation.

[logized]

Don't use it without the glass. If it is not too old, then it may be possible to buy a new glass front, try contacting the manufacturer or a gas spares shop.

Dave

[H Bergeron]

Many thanks for your clear and frank advice!

[H Bergeron]

Thanks for the advice. I will look into new glass, or maybe a new fire. I much prefer the look of this one without any glass at all - but not enough to want to be gassed by it!

Cheers.

[N. Thornton]

I'd go to a glass supplier rather than a gasfitter: going to be a fraction the price. Presumably you could also clean up the old one, though only if the damage is trivial.

Regards, NT

[Andrew Gabriel]

Make sure you tell the glass supplier what it's for.

I used to have a large Drugasar gas wall heater (which was very good as such things go). It had a couple of small glass windows on the room sealed heat exchanger which were used to inspect the flame, and occasionally these would break. After the first couple of times of ordering the Drugasar spares, I went to a glass shop. Explained what I wanted, and they had them made up (not on the spot), and those ones lasted forever. I believe it was the same glass those glass saucepans were made of.