AuthenTEAK’s Fire Glass Calculator makes it easy to calculate how much fire glass you’ll need for your fire pit or fire table. You’ll need a tape measurer to measure the depth, width, and length of your fire pit. In general, we recommend 2–4 inches of glass depth for most fireplaces. For rectangular and square fireplaces, use the same front width as the back width. Make all measurements in inches. You may change the glass depth from the recommended to fit your needs.
Our fire glass comes from Finishing Touch, the number one maker of fire glass in the world. It is tempered glass and will not melt, discolor, degrade, or produce toxic fumes, and is guaranteed life.
Finishing Touch Fire Glass is bright, brilliant, and clean. It is NEVER tumbled. The tumbling of the glass scratches the glass and leaves the glass dull. This fire glass can be purchased in a Classic or Metallic Finish and is sold by the pound.
You can use the dimensions in our fire bowls’ descriptions to determine how many pounds you’ll need.
If using propane, use darker colors since propane can soot lighter colors of glass. Each order is packaged and shipped from Finishing Touch.
If you need help deciding how much fire glass to order, contact us for help to make the right choice.
No. Not all glass is safe to use in a fire pit.
Regular glass can crack and burst when overheated and can even send shrapnel flying around when it does. It also creates terrible noises when it snaps and pops, and it can emit noxious fumes. If too many fumes are inhaled from melting or burning glass, a person can suffer from Metal Fume Fever. The symptoms are mostly flu-like with shortness of breath, metallic tastes in the mouth, and gastric pain. An extended exposure can have lasting consequences on one’s health.
Fire glass is made from tempered glass. It is specifically engineered to withstand high temperatures without melting, cracking, or breaking. It is completely safe to use in fire pits and will never emit harmful fumes.
Using any kind of glass that wasn’t intentionally made to last against flames is a recipe for injury, illness, and disaster, to say nothing of the risk of getting cut on regular glass shards.