A Fireplace Store and More · Downers Grove showroom
Fireplace Doors
Made to measure for the fireplace you already have. Glass, mesh or both, in the finish you choose. We measure it, order it and install it.
- 131doors, fronts and screens
- 4makers, one showroom
- Any fireplacemasonry or factory-built
- One teammeasures, quotes, installs
Real rooms
It closes the biggest hole in the house — and finishes the fireplace.
An open fireplace is an open window. A fitted door stops the draft when the fire is out, keeps sparks where they belong, and gives the fireplace a finished face. These are real installations — from our customers’ homes and our showroom floor, and from the makers’ own rooms. Open any one to see every door like it.
With the doors closed and the damper shut, warm room air stops going up the chimney when the fire is out. It is the first reason people add a door.
Mesh doors, or a mesh curtain behind the glass, catch sparks and rolling embers while the fire burns. Glass doors stay open during a wood fire unless the glass is rated for closed-door use.
A refacing door covers a dated brass or builder-grade front without demolition. The new frame mounts over the old face, most of them with magnets.
Frame shape, finish, glass tint and handles are chosen to suit the room. Dozens of finishes across four makers, from textured black to satin brass.
Find your door
Three questions, then the doors that fit.
Tell us what you have and what you want from it. We point you to the right kind of door, the makers that do it best and three to look at first.
What are you working with?
Change any answer and the result updates.
Your match
Answer the three questions
You get the kind of door that fits, the reasons why, and three to look at first.
Every style we carry
131 doors, fronts and screens. Four makers.
Pick a look and the wall changes. Narrow it by what you have, the maker or the shape, then open any door in our catalog.
Doors. Glass and steel, made to your opening.
Every door here is built to the width and height of your fireplace, in the finish and glass you choose. Pick a look to see it up close, with the makers that do it best and three doors to start with.
- Makers
- All four
- Fits
- Every kind
- Shapes
- Rectangle, arch, corner
Ask us about these doors We answer within one business day.
Start with these
Traditional. The door that belongs on a masonry fireplace.
A rectangular or arched frame with bi-fold or cabinet glass doors and mesh behind them — the classic fitted door for brick and stone. Every maker on this page builds one, in dozens of finishes. 49 doors from Stoll, Design Specialties and Ironhaus, for every kind of fireplace — rectangle, arch and corner shapes.
Transitional. Cleaner lines, warmer finishes.
A simpler frame than the traditional door, with less trim and a finish that suits a painted mantel or a lighter room. For a house that is neither period nor modern. 18 doors from Design Specialties and Ironhaus, for masonry and factory-built fireplaces — rectangle, arch and corner shapes.
Modern. Thin frames, all glass.
The least frame and the most fire: slim steel edges, full-view glass hung on the hinges, and finishes from matte black to brushed stainless. Grey or bronze glass hides the firebox when the fire is out. 22 doors from Stoll, Design Specialties and Ironhaus, for masonry, factory-built and outdoor fireplaces — rectangle, arch and corner shapes.
Rustic and forged. Hammered iron, by hand.
Bar steel worked at the forge, hammered edges and hand-made handles, in natural iron and aged finishes. For a stone fireplace, a cabin, or a room with heavy timber. 11 doors from Stoll and Ironhaus, for masonry, factory-built and gas & electric fireplaces — rectangle, arch and corner shapes.
Sliding and pocket. Doors that disappear.
Glass panels that slide across the opening on a track, or pocket into the surround, so nothing swings out into the room. Built to the fireplace, one panel or two. 4 doors from Stoll and Ironhaus, for masonry and factory-built fireplaces — rectangle and arch shapes.
Sealed. A gasketed door that stops the draft.
Gaskets seal the glass to the frame and the frame to the face of the fireplace. Built for closed-door use on a masonry fireplace, per the maker — the door for a drafty chimney. 3 doors from Wilkening Fireplace, for masonry fireplaces — rectangle, arch and corner shapes.
0 doorsSee them in the catalog
Product photography: Stoll Industries, Design Specialties, Ironhaus and Wilkening Fireplace. Finishes and glass shown are examples; every door is built to order.
Measure
Measure the opening. We draw the door.
Two numbers start every door: the width and the height of the opening. Enter yours and watch the frame take shape, to scale, on a real stone fireplace.
opening, inches
frame on the face
fireplace
- Widthinside edge to inside edge of the opening
- Heighthearth or firebox floor to the top of the opening
- Archheight at the center and at the sides, if the top curves
- The facebrick, stone, tile or marble, and how flat it is
Your opening
Inside measurements, in inches. Corner to corner, at the opening itself.
A 36 by 28 opening takes a standard-proportion door; the frame sits about an inch onto the face all round.
A first pass, not an order. Frame overlap, hinge side, hearth depth and the face material all get checked when we measure. Nothing is built until we have measured it ourselves.
Design it
See the door on a photo of your own fireplace.
Stoll’s free online visualizer puts a door on your fireplace before anything is ordered. Upload a straight-on photo, choose the door, the frame, the finish, the glass and the handles, and look at it in your room.
- Photograph the fireplaceStraight on, in daylight, with nothing in front of it.
- Upload and set the scaleDrag the photo in, follow the on-screen steps, outline the fireplace.
- Choose the door and the finishTry collections, frame shapes, glass tints and handles side by side.
- Send us the design reportEmail it to us and we quote it, measured and installed.
The visualizer shows Stoll doors and finishes; colors on screen are approximate. We quote every maker on this page, and the samples are in the showroom.
Finishes, glass & handles
The choices that make it yours.
Every door on this page is built to order, so the finish, the glass, the way it opens and the handles are all chosen with you. The samples are on the wall in Downers Grove.
Finishes
- Textured black
- Matte black
- Gloss black
- Charcoal
- Bronze
- Antique copper
- Burnished pewter
- Brushed nickel
- Satin brass
- Brushed stainless
- Natural iron
Standard powder-coat finishes. Hand-applied premium finishes and solid brass, nickel or stainless overlays cost extra. Colors here are approximate — judge them from the samples, not the screen.
Glass and mesh
- Clear temperedthe standard; the most view of the fire
- Grey or bronze tintsoftens the view of the firebox when the fire is out
- Black glassa mirror-dark panel for modern rooms
- Ceramicrated for closed-door burning on masonry fireplaces, per the maker
- Mesh instead of glassa mesh door, or mesh panels behind the glass
How it opens
- Bi-foldeach side folds in half — the classic; needs the least clearance
- Cabinettwo full doors that swing like cupboard doors
- Single swingone door, one hinge side
- Full viewframeless-look glass for the most fire
- Sliding, pocket and telescopingdoors that slide aside instead of swinging out
- Magnetic mountrefacing frames that hold to a metal face without tools
Handles and details
- Handlessquare, wire, strap, knob, contemporary and hand-forged
- Hingestraditional, bullet, hidden and strap
- Designswindow-pane, mission, arch and scroll patterns on the glass
- Dampers and gasketsdraft-sealing options on most custom doors
The four makers
Chosen for four different reasons.
We carry four door makers because no single one does everything best. Each card says what that maker is for, in our words; the buttons open only that maker’s doors.
Stoll
Abbeville, South Carolina · since 1969
- Twenty-two collections — traditional, rustic, modern, Essentials and Legacy aluminum
- Every door built to order: arch, corner and see-through shapes included
- AirSeal gasketed bi-fold or cabinet doors; ReFace magnetic frames for factory-built fireplaces
- Five-year limited warranty on steel and finish; most custom doors in four to six weeks
Design Specialties
Milwaukee, Wisconsin · since 1983
- More than twenty door models and thirty-five finishes, built by hand in Milwaukee
- Masonry, factory-built and direct-vent doors, fronts and free-standing screens
- Hearth Craft Essentials stock sizes ship in about two days
- Two-year warranty on the metalwork; broken glass replaced for life
Ironhaus
Hamilton, Montana · more than 35 years
- A blacksmith shop at heart: quarter-inch bar steel, hand-tied joints, hand-forged handles
- Foundation Series slim frames, Hand Crafted custom art, Beartooth Forge, sliding and pocket doors
- Refacing lines for louvered factory-built fireplaces
- Every door built to your opening; limited one-year warranty
Wilkening Fireplace
Walker, Minnesota · since 1973
- Gasketed doors that seal the glass to the frame and the frame to the fireplace
- Grand Seal, Supreme and FullView — heavy-duty to regular-duty
- Built for closed-door use on masonry fireplaces, per the maker
- Hand-crafted to your measurements in Minnesota
From the Stoll catalog
Five Stoll collections, thirty-five doors.
Most Chicago-area homes end up on one of these five collections: Essentials for a straightforward glass door, Legacy in aluminum, Modern with thin frames, Rustic in hammered and forged iron, Traditional for a masonry fireplace. Each door is made to your opening in the frame, finish, glass and handles you pick. We measure, quote and install across Chicago and the western suburbs from our Downers Grove showroom.
Essentials
Stoll’s standard glass doors and mesh doors.
7 doors
Avalon Standard 
Builder Plus 
Columbia 
Kingston Standard 
Mesh Door 
Original Standard 
Philadelphia
Legacy, in aluminum
Aluminum frames in charcoal, brushed, dark bronze, brass, antique and copper finishes.
6 doors
Arcadia 
Avalon 
Brentwood 
Huntington 
Lancaster 
Stockton
Modern
Thin frames and full-view glass.
6 doors
Elite Thinline 
Manhattan 
Nolita 
Stainless 
Totalview 
Tribeca
Rustic
Hammered, strapped and forged iron, worked by hand.
9 doors
Aged Iron 
Artisan 
Blacksmith 
Flat Hammer 
Forged Iron 
Industrial 
Old World 
Transitional 
Vintage
Traditional
The classic masonry-fireplace door, arched or square, bar iron to brass trim.
7 doors
Bar Iron 
Essential Collection 
Inline 
Inset 
Kingston 
Legacy Collection 
Original
Screens
For the open fire.
A free-standing screen, a spark guard or a mesh curtain keeps the embers in without a fitted door — for a fireplace you use with the doors open, or one that will never take a frame.
- Free-standing screensTrifold, Carolina, Sawgrass and Victorian Scroll from Design Specialties; Ironhaus hand-forged screens.
- Spark guards and glass screensSized to the opening, they stand at the face and lift away for tending the fire.
- Mesh curtainsHang inside a masonry opening and draw like a curtain — stainless for an outdoor fireplace.
The store
See the doors on the wall, then let us measure.
Our Downers Grove showroom has a major fireplace-door display: full doors, finish samples, glass tints and handles from the makers on this page, beside the fireplaces and inserts they go with. One visit usually settles the choice.
- Showroom visit45 minutes, no charge. Bring the width and height of the opening and a straight-on photo.
- Measure and proposalWe measure the opening and the face, settle the frame, glass, mesh, finish and handles, and write it up.
- Order, install, sealThe maker builds it to your opening. Our team installs it, seals it to the face and shows you how it works.
Questions
What people ask us about fireplace doors.
Straight answers from the makers’ specifications and our own installs. Anything else — call or book a visit.
Do I need a door if the fireplace already has a damper?
Most dampers leak, and many are left open by mistake. A fitted door stops the draft at the face of the fireplace and adds a barrier for sparks. A closed damper and a closed door together work best.
Can I leave the glass doors closed while a fire burns?
With ordinary tempered glass, no: the doors stay open while a wood fire burns, with the mesh closed. Doors built with ceramic glass rated for closed-door use, and sealed doors built for it, can stay closed. The maker’s rating decides, and we tell you which you are getting before you order.
Will a door fit my factory-built (prefab) fireplace?
Yes, as long as it is built for it. Zero-clearance doors are made for each fireplace brand, with the airflow the firebox needs to stay safe. We read the label inside the firebox before we quote, and we never fit a masonry door to a metal firebox.
Can you cover my old brass doors without tearing anything out?
Yes. Refacing doors and fronts mount over the old face, most of them with strong magnets, and cover the louvers and the brass trim. The old firebox stays; only the face changes.
How do I measure my fireplace?
Measure the width and the height of the opening, corner to corner, in inches. Note what the face is made of — brick, stone, tile or marble — and how deep the hearth is in front. A straight-on photo helps. We take our own measurements before anything is ordered.
My fireplace is arched, or in a corner. Can you do that?
Yes. True arches, arch conversions for a rectangular opening, corner units and see-through fireplaces are all custom-built. We make a template where the shape calls for it.
How long does a door take?
Stock-size Essentials doors from Design Specialties ship in about two days. Most custom doors take about four to six weeks from the maker, sometimes longer for hand-forged or unusual shapes. We give you the date with the quote and schedule the installation around it.
Do you install the door?
Yes. The same team measures, orders, installs and seals the door to the face. If the fireplace or the chimney needs work first, we tell you before you buy.
What about an outdoor fireplace?
Outdoors, choose an aluminum or stainless-steel door so it will not rust: Stoll’s Legacy aluminum line and Design Specialties’ stainless Outdoor Collection are built for it.
Keep exploring
- Fireplace doors catalogEvery door, front and screen
- Masonry doorsFor brick and stone fireplaces
- Factory-built doorsSized to the metal firebox
- Refacing & frontsCover an old face
- Mantels & surroundsFinish the wall around it
- Gas logsReal fire behind the glass
- Chimney servicesInspection and repair first
- ShowroomDowners Grove, IL
AirSeal and ReFace are Stoll Industries names; Hearth Craft is a Design Specialties brand. Specifications from the makers; the maker’s instructions for your fireplace govern.