Cracked Glass on Englander 28-3500

[lyssophobe]

Last night while loading the stove for the night, the piece of wood that looked like it fit well enough wound up being about 1/8" too long at exactly the wrong spot. (See image below.)



Acknowledgment of likely stupid question in advance: is it dangerous to use the stove until the replacement glass drives? I can feel slight displacement of a few of the pieces, but none of the glass seems to be loose. Replacement should arrive mid-week & I have space heaters, but we live in a fairly remote area that got slammed with snow last night and today. And we have a forecast low of 12 degrees tomorrow night.

This is sort of a hail mary question, as I've already planned to go purchase an additional infrared heater tomorrow. Just figured it couldn't hurt to ask. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks in advance.

 

[begreen]

Bummer, bad timing with the nasty weather. Yes, it could be dangerous. If a section falls out while the furnace is not being directly watched too much air will be fed and an overfire could occur. If you have a stiff piece of sheet metal that could be cut and fit in there temporarily that would be better.

On another note, welcome to Hearth.com.

 

[lyssophobe]

Thank you, begreen. That was pretty much my thinking on it. We're effectively snowed in & I can keep a steady eye on it (even a camera when I'm not in the room), so I've run it at a low temperature (~200F) this evening just to supplement what the space heaters are putting out, but there's no way I'd leave it burning unattended or while sleeping.

The other stabbing irony is that I work for a scoreboard company & we build all of our products from steel, so I could have gotten them to cut me a piece that would have fit in there. But the plant is closed due to the weather.

I did order the replacement from Englander today, but they're in the midst of a blizzard, so hopefully I'll get it by Wednesday or Thursday of next week.

Thanks again!

 

[MarylandGuy]

For anyone else who experiences the same problem, I have had great luck with onedayglass.com. Far less expensive than OEM and ships next day. Just give them the dimensions and thickness and they do the rest.