Fitting Wood Burner Door Seal

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Fitting wood burner door seal.

The door should fit tight to the stove with only a moderate amount of pressure. Follow us on our other channels for any to keep up to date. Here is a quick and easy to understand way to replace the wood heater glass tape seal gasket on your wood fire heater. 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.

Having measured the distance from the top of the fire inside the flue outlet to a point 100 mm above the top of your new register plate frame you can cut off the surplus flue liner and cut the wood. This is in place when you purchase the woodburner. Use this video to find out why and how you should ensure that the rope in your stove door is properly maintained. Some european brands will have a gap at the top of the door where the seal is not complete.

Fire rope is also used as the seal between the wood burners door and the frame it butts up to. This gap has to remain as part of the air wash system for these stoves. If it binds or is too tight on the hinge side open the door adjust the seal. Stovax s step by step guide on how to replace the rope on your door seal on a wood burning stove.