When you want to enjoy the beauty and the ambience of a real and open fire in your
home or other establishment you may want to purchase a fire guard to protect your carpet or flooring from the sparks that can fly out of the fireplace when the fire crackles and burns. There is also a danger to the people who get around the fire from the sparks and embers that can pop out and get on them and burn them.
Another danger is that the hot embers can pop out on the hearth or fireplace surround and be touched by someone and they can get burned. This is especially true with little children. There is also a potential danger of someone being too close to the burning fire and falling or tripping into the fire. For all these reasons, fire guards are a great protection for your open fire.
There are many different styles, sizes and kinds of fire guards that you can choose from. You may wonder which type to choose and which will be the best for your fireplace. This will depend on the size of your fireplace and also on the amount of money you wish to spend on a fire screen. It will also depend on the particular style of your fireplace and the shape of it. And, the fire screen you choose will be largely dependent on the look that you prefer and how it goes with your decor.
The main purpose of the fire guards is to allow you to burn an open fire safely indoors and protect people as well as your flooring and other things around your fireplace. However, another purpose of the fire screen is to add beauty and a finished and covered look to your fireplace. The fireplace typically is not too appealing when it is not burning a beautiful and magical fire in it. For this reason, you may want to get a decorative fire screen to cover it when not in use. The screens can be purchased in many different beautiful styles.
Some of the screens come as a flat screen that covers the opening of the fireplace and is very basic. Others come as this same type of flat style but add some decorative trim that may be in a brass or pewter colour. Then there are the folding types of screens that offer the flat front and then the "wings" that fold back to protect the sides of the fireplace. Some of the guards are the winged shape but do not fold.