The 18" x 48" Half Round Fire Resistant Hearth Pad is the answer to your post fire needs. No matter how careful you are at choosing wood or stoking your fire, sparking and embers will happen. Now instead of washing your deck and patio after each fire just roll up the hearth pad and shake it off in the yard or clean with a damp sponge. Designed to protect the areas in front of a fireplace or front of a chiminea from stray embers or ash. The Blue Rooster Hearth Pads keep your hearth area looking new. Created specifically for use with indoor and outdoor fireplaces. The fire resistant pad is not fireproof. It will protect your floor from an ember or burning log until it can be placed back in the fire. It will not protect from direct heat or intense direct fire. Extended high temp exposure may create a melt spot, but the pad will not catch fire.