# Damn Fireplace Glass Blowout

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-fireplace-glass-blowout/228244>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 9, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-fireplace-glass-blowout/228244 "2004-02-09T07:30:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Blown\_Injected](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-fireplace-glass-blowout/228244/1 "2004-02-09T07:30:43Z")

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My fireplace sucks, smokes even after building a massive coal base. So I stopped using the damn thing. About two years later I decide to build a fire and POW!

One of the stinkin’ glass doors exploded on my fireplace :mad:

Is this something that can be replaced as easy as getting a piece of plate glass cut at the hardware store? I never noticed tempered, or whatever this stuff is, at the hardware store.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-fireplace-glass-blowout/228244/2 "2004-02-09T13:25:54Z")

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You’ll need tempered glass. I doubt that the HW store will have it, but it should be a stock item for a glass dealer.

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**Author:** ![Blown\_Injected](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@Blown\_Injected](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blown_Injected)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-fireplace-glass-blowout/228244/3 "2004-02-09T17:12:05Z")

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I thought that might be the way to go.

Sorry for the weak Pit Thread - I really want to bitch about it but I guess it is just one of those things.