Well, you want some sort of metal so it doesn't melt. Check out the link above. You'll prob find that shape brush will be far easier to use, but again, they're plastic bristles. Anyway, that's what I use on a cold stove.
Well guys, I would have lost my dollar bill to who it was that said I have an air leak. No, not because of the bill slipping but while I was at work my wife went out and got a new Bic grill lighter with plenty of fuel in it. I just got home from work and the entire lower edge of the ash door was sucking flame in. As well as the right lower corner and up about two inches. I found the ash pan not quite back all the way inside but that should just push in if the door was against it. I puckered up the gasket a bit and that sort of stopped a good part of the lower edge from leaking but not all of it. Doesn't suck as hard on the Bic flame. I should say especially that lower corner is still leaking. Now to find out why, the gasket looks in good shape, not torn.. I'm on here while the stove is in shut down. I knew this was not normal, too many people burn these two brands of pellets, ya some extra scraping but not every two or three hours in the case of the Fireside Ultras..
I just did mine with half inch as well, they have it at the hardware store. Looks like I still have a tiny leak at that right corner, very small, it lazily draws in the flame there. No other leak though. Well it's going to run the night like this, compared with the entire lower part of the door suckng in air it's got to be better than it was. I'll address this tomorrow or so.
Glad you got it mostly straightened out. Was the OEM gasket installed shoddily from the factory? Twisted or bunched or something?
The gasket looked pretty good. But it was allowing considerable air in along that bottom edge, you could see the clean door panel there where the rest of the door had ash film on it. It was like an eyebrow of clean door about 4 inches long where the incoming air didn't allow ash to build on that part of the inside of the door. The corner leak was smaller. I don't know what the flaw was but replacing the 3/8" gasket with 1/2" does allow the door to close a bit tighter and at that it's not a strain on the hinges. So maybe a door fit problem at the factory that I'm just taking up with more gasket perhaps ? I see no provision for adjustment in the door.
I cleaned my stove today and I had ash right out to the gasket this time, all the way around the door. Now I have a slight leak above the lower hinge on the upper door. well actually I had it all along, my flame took a dip there some time ago, it hasn't gotten any better !
$219 here FWIW. I think I like LG's better anyway ( $285 a ton), they seem to contain more heat
! But yes, point well taken thanks. The real thing is this, if they work great for you then certainly burn them, I would too.
