I think you will struggle to fix it without either a mechanical fix (rivets, bolts) or a weld unless the fuel you burn doesn't get very hot. The grate on my parents fire used to get hot enough to soften and glowed cherry red at times.
Fair point, it does depend a bit on where it is and, as you say, how the fire is run.
In message , dennis@home.?.invalid writes
Indeed - which is why I'm replacing the grate. This is just an ordinary, domestic open fire burning mainly coal with some logs. The original grate now has more holes than designed. Some of the bars have burned away allowing smaller pieces of coal to drop straight through to the ash pan.
A new grate arrived by post, but with one corner, including leg, snapped off. Supplier is sending a replacement so all is well, but, not wishing to waste the broken one, I looked at ways of repairing it, without welding. Yesterday, I bolted it together, using one bolt and two penny washers through one of the slots. Given that a grate in use is unlikely to move, it may work. Time will tell.
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