To Go SOAPSTONE / or Pacific Energy Alderlea T5 / T6???????????????

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Hogwildz said:
BeGreen said:
The stove is built like a tank, but frequent overfiring will eventually stress out the joints and welds. Evidence of overfiring can void the warranty. For the longevity of any stove you want to avoid prolonged or repeated overfiring.

For reference, here's our thermometer location.
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My o my, looks like someone spilled something on the top, tisk tisk
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lol We haven't had any spills that I know of. This seems to be the way the paint is aging. It's matte black in the middle and sort of satin black near the edges that reflects the flash differently. It's the same on the other side. We almost always have the trivets closed so I just ignore it.
 
here are a couple pics of the overspray on the glass window. with the door open I am using the wood flooring as a background. this is with a crappy camera phone so you can see thath its pretty visible.

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Looks like someone did a sloppy touch up spray. Wonder if it was the dealer? The stove body is painted before the glass is installed at the factory.
 
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Looks like someone did a sloppy touch up spray. Wonder if it was the dealer? The stove body is painted before the glass is installed at the factory.
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The doors aren't on the stove when they are painted.
Either the QC at the factory on the doors is as crappy as when my Summit was built. Or the dealer saw a blemish and tried to touch it up or repaint the door.
 
No - it couldnt have been the dealer - I picked the stove up from the supplier before it was even shipped to the dealer - it was just easier that way as the supplier was closer to our house.

And the spray is on the outside of the glass of course which is hard to get at to scrub without removing between the cast iron door pieces.... the picture is taken from the inside simply to show the specs of overspray with a contrast behind it.
 
to be honest - this stove looks like it was painted fully assembled... the stove was assembled on a skid and skid bolted to the stove itself.. and the skid VERY evidently showed the signs of powder coating while on the skid.

It is possible that the door wasnt on while doing this and it was the rest of the stove that was painted while on the skid. but it does appear that it was all painted together assembled.
 
rhader said:
to be honest - this stove looks like it was painted fully assembled... the stove was assembled on a skid and skid bolted to the stove itself.. and the skid VERY evidently showed the signs of powder coating while on the skid.

It is possible that the door wasnt on while doing this and it was the rest of the stove that was painted while on the skid. but it does appear that it was all painted together assembled.
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Yes the stoves are bolted to the pallet when painted. The doors however are made separate, and never go on the stove until you unpack it and install it on the stove.
PE really needs to step up their QC. You should have had aQC checklist inside the stove when you unpacked everything. And it will look like one person just quickly checked each box off.
They need to fire that stoner and get a competent QC guy doing this stuff.
If for whatever reason the balk on it. You can prolly get it off fairly easily with a brand new razor blade. Go gently and easily gliding across the surface. The polish up with Rutland or other ceramic surface cleaner.
I would try and make them do it first. Hell, maybe even a new door out of the deal.
 
well the door was assembled and on the stove when I picked it up. and was crated like that..... I will see what I can do.
 
Lots of reasons why people make mistakes and oversights. Could be someone got overloaded with work or your door was already assembled but next to another that was getting painted. Could have been late Friday on a beer night, or maybe the fellow's dog died. It really doesn't matter, Hog has it right. This should have been spotted by a good QC person.
 
yeah fair enough. not a huge deal - just my first big $ stove purchase... kind of a bummer on having a small blemish..
 
Yes, you need to get to happy. 3 choices - a) remove the glass and try to remove the paint with acetone or lacquer thinner. b) get new glass from PE or dealer (and send them pictures so that they pay better attention to QC) c) Forget it. Have a scotch, light some candles and snuggle with the wife enjoying the warmth.
 
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Get a new glass though, and hopefully keep the old one. Might be nice to have spare someday....
 
Well unless they changed their methods, I know my Summit came with the door wrapped in foam & cardboard boxed. SO either the distributor had an oops and sprayed it, and putt the door on. Or it came from the factory like that. Either way, really unacceptable for a new stove and the money spent. I used to preach PE, but now, I love my Summit, but after all the stuff going on the last few years, not sure I would buy another.
 
I just got a brand new T6 on November 6. The glass had black paint overspray on the outside of the glass, mostly around the cast iron design. I took a razer blade with some glass plus spray and scraped it off. This is unacceptable for a stove at this price. I plan on calling dealer and Pacific Energy this week to complain. Is this a common occurance? I'm hoping nothing else was overlooked on my stove.
 
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