Direct vent fireplace

A fireplace including a firebox within which combustion products including flue gases are generated, said firebox having a frontal opening facing an adjoining room, means for venting said flue gases out of said firebox remote from said frontal opening, an access door for closing said frontal opening to keep flue gases from flowing into said room, said door having a frame including front and rear surfaces and a substantially central opening, said frame having an outer periphery larger than said frontal opening, a glass panel having a periphery larger than said central opening connected to said frame adjacent said rear surface for closing said central opening and for permitting viewing of the interior of said firebox from said room, means for fastening said frame to said firebox about said frontal opening for closing said frontal opening, a first seal connected to said firebox adjacent to at least portions of the periphery of said frontal opening exposed to flue gases and abutting said glass at locations spaced from the periphery of said glass, and a second seal disposed about the periphery of said glass for abutting said firebox spaced about said frontal opening, whereby said first seal limits the flow of flue gases toward the periphery of said glass panel and said second seal is contacted only by flue gases which leak past said first seal.