A method for installing a fireplace screen in a fireplace, comprising:
- providing an adjustable fireplace screen support assembly having an elongated member, a first tip member, a tubular member, a second tip member, a biasing assembly, and a rivet;
- the elongated member being at least partially slidably disposed within the tubular member;
- the biasing assembly being disposed within the tubular member, the biasing assembly being adapted to bias the elongated member in a first direction, and the tubular member in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first tip member being coupled to an end of the elongated member, the second tip member being coupled to an end of the tubular member;
- the tubular member further includes an outer wall having an elongated aperture extending therethrough;
- the biasing assembly having a plug member, a bolt, and a spring;
- the bolt having a threaded portion and a head portion coupled to an end of the threaded portion, the threaded portion being threadably disposed into the plug member, the plug member being disposed in the interior region of the tubular member such that portion of the threaded portion extends through the elongated aperture of the tubular member and the head portion rests on an outer surface of the tubular member;
- the spring being disposed in the interior region of the tubular member, the spring being disposed between and abutting against both the plug member and the first end of the elongated member, the spring adapted to bias the elongated member in the first direction along the longitudinal axis, and to bias the tubular member in the second direction along the longitudinal axis which is opposite to the first direction;
- the rivet having a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion extending through the elongated aperture and being coupled to the elongated member proximate to the elongated aperture when the elongated member is at least partially disposed within the tubular member;
- coupling at least first and second split-ring members on the fireplace screen;
- disposing the adjustable fireplace screen support assembly through the first and second split-ring members such that the first split-ring member is slidably disposed on the elongated member, and the second split-ring member is slidably disposed on the tubular member;
- disposing the first tip member against a first wall of the fireplace;
- applying a compressive force against the biasing assembly by moving the tubular member toward the first tip member;
- disposing the second tip member against a second wall of the fireplace;
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- rotating the adjustable fireplace screen support assembly such that the first and second tip members form first and second apertures, respectively, into the first and second walls, respectively, of the fireplace.