This was ideal. It has a width of about 1.5 inches. The adhesive does stick to anything and that is what I wanted. The fiberglass wool strip does not fall apart and it a little more than an inch thick. I placed the strips of fiberglass wool on the fireplace metal
frame and pushed the frame with the doors onto the brick structure. I sealed the frame to the brick with high heat clear silicone sealer which was available online. It tolerates heat to 500 degrees. No smoke leaks out into the home. I also put in a new damper which I found at Amazon.com and it came in caste iron for the exact size of the original. It slipped into the slot in less than a minute and it has been working fine since weeks. As an after thought, I should mention that I bolted the frame back into the fireplace opening with the old bolts into the same holes. The silicone sealer was just for good measure and I do not like smoke coming into the house.
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I ordered this stuff along with some new folding fireplace doors, because Amazon suggested it and I thought it might help seal gaps. This stuff should be required for all door installations; it was easy to cut, not so easy to remove the tape seal, but adhered very well to my new metal doors. It sealed ALL gaps in my masonry fireplace, brick and mortar. If I ever install another set of doors I'll definitely buy another roll of this stuff.
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