This is in place when you purchase the woodburner.
Fitting wood burner door seal.
How to re rope your door seal.
Some european brands will have a gap at the top of the door where the seal is not complete.
Here is a quick and easy to understand way to replace the wood heater glass tape seal gasket on your wood fire heater.
Once installed and as the door is tightly closed it is designed to flatten and fill the space between the door and the application s frame for an airtight seal.
Wood stove door gasket replacement a brand new rope gasket has a circumferential shape hence its name.
Use this video to find out why and how you should ensure that the rope in your stove door is properly maintained.
Stovax s step by step guide on how to replace the rope on your door seal on a wood burning stove.
Shut the door and close the handle.
If it binds or is too tight on the hinge side open the door adjust the seal.
How to light your wood burning stove.
Over time rope seals even on the very best stoves will become compressed sufficiently to allow some combustion air into the stove reducing your ability to control the flame and also loosing you significant fuel efficiency.
The paper should either stay locked in place or slide out slowly with resistance.
Take a piece of paper similar size to a 5 note is ideal and open your stoves door place the paper between the door and the stove body.
Fire rope is also used as the seal between the wood burners door and the frame it butts up to.
Follow our clear step by step demonstration by a stovax engineer which includes advice on the best products to use.
In severe cases the gap around the door whether it s the main door s or ash pan door can become so great that the.
This seal or gasket prevents the wood burner from drawing too much air into the firebox over firing your stove and or blackening the glass.
The door should fit tight to the stove with only a moderate amount of pressure.
This gap has to remain as part of the air wash system for these stoves.
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