Monthly Archives: September 2017

Fireplace grates with built-in andirons

There was a time when a pair of andirons was all that was used to hold logs in a fireplace. Then fireplace grates were invented which held logs much more securely. But andirons remained as a classic design element in … Continue reading

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How a log holder won over its toughest customer.

I’ll never forget the time my neighbor Mike, the fire-building expert, watched in disbelief when I built a better fire than he did. I loaded logs onto a brand new Texas Fireframe grate that I had just gifted to him … Continue reading

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How an extra small fire grate was born.

The housing boom in America seems to be accompanied by a trend towards smaller fireplaces. I noticed this a few years ago when I received an increasing number of calls from homeowners whose fireplaces were simply too small to accommodate … Continue reading

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