Custom Fireplace Grates

1. Double-sided fireplaces (or see-through fireplaces):

We recommend using a custom grate, adding two inches to the depth, to help fill the depth of your see-through fireplace. The width will depend on the width of your fireplace.  You would place the grate in the fireplace to face the room you use most. This gives you more heat on one side – while you still enjoy a fire from both sides. We recommend adding a pair of log retainers to a grate used in a double-sided fireplace. (See #7 below.) This will prevent the upper back log from potentially rolling off since there’s no wall behind it.

2. Altered depth:

If your fireplace is not quite deep enough to accommodate one of our grates, we can make our standard or compact grates as small as 10 inches deep, and our large grate can be as small as 13” deep.

If your fireplace is very deep and you’d like to take advantage of that extra space, we can add to the depth. Adding 2-4” means adding more wood – top and bottom – to your fire.

Note: Make sure that you have at least 3” of clearance between the front of your grate and the front of your fireplace.

3. Altered width:

You can add or subtract inches from the width of our five fireplaces grates offered here. That’s the measurement from left to right. Note that the back width of every Texas Fireframe grate is 5” less than the front width, no matter what the size.

4. Altered leg height for gas lighters, etc.

Longer legs: All of our grates, with the exception of the Compact SL, provide 3.5″ of clearance beneath them, which is sufficient room for mot gas lighters. If you have a gas lighter that requires more clearance, we can lengthen the legs of any grate.

Shorter legs: If the height of your fireplace is less than 23” (from floor of fireplace to flu opening), or if the front opening is less than 19”, you can select the Compact SL grate or you can decrease the overall height of any of our other grates by taking up to two inches off the length of the legs.

5. Altered upright size:

We can shorten the uprights by up to two inches on the standard grate. We cannot shorten uprights on the compact grate.  You can also lengthen your uprights, which you may choose to do for a large grate in a tall fireplace. Remember that the finials also add height.

6. Arm size

We will ensure that the size of the adjustable arms are the proper width and depth to accommodate your custom grate. However, you can provide specific input about these dimensions as well.

7. Log retainers

If your fireplace is very deep and you use unsplit logs, you may want to consider adding a pair of log retainers which will prevent a round, unsplit log from rolling off the back when placed on top of the lower back log. This is not a problem with most fireplaces since the back wall of the fireplace stops the log from rolling off. Log retainers may be necessary as an extra safety precaution for double-sided or see-through fireplaces, especially when using unsplit logs. Contact us for this and all custom modifications.