enviro Venice wood insert flue gasket

[toyotawild]

The replacement ceramic flue gasket is 50 bucks and I ripped mine pulling my flue off anybody have any other ideas? Could I use rtv instead of the ceramic gasket?

 

[BrotherBart]

Nope. RTV goes "poof" around 800 degrees. The highest temp RTV that I know of maxes out at 650 degrees.

 

[begreen]

That is a pretty stiff price for a gasket. Maybe look into buying a sheet of 1/4" ceramic paper and carefully cutting your own.

http://www.gasketsinc.com/product/g550-ceramic-paper-2300degf1260degc/1900
http://www.specialtygaskets.com/products/ceramic-fibre.html
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1260-CERAMI...39?pt=AU_Ceramics_Pottery&hash=item233d4b319f

 

[bholler]

yeah id look at sheet gasket material or possibly milpak http://a1stoves.com/millpac-black-h...4F7AodKV0ARg&zenid=fmpu9tbcd42s05m80vmg71p5j5 i thin It might hold up it is rated to 1050 which should be ok

 

[BrotherBart]

Yeah that is an insane price for this.

 

[begreen]

yeah id look at sheet gasket material or possibly milpak http://a1stoves.com/millpac-black-h...4F7AodKV0ARg&zenid=fmpu9tbcd42s05m80vmg71p5j5 i thin It might hold up it is rated to 1050 which should be ok

A flue collar has the potential to be much hotter than 1050F. I would use ceramic to stay within the UL rating of the insert. It is rated at around 2300F.

 

[toyotawild]

Can I substitute an 1/8 inch gasket instead of 1/4? I can find them easier

 

[begreen]

Probably. About how thick was the original?

 

[toyotawild]

I think the original was 1/4 and I was going to use 1/8 instead. Any issues with this?

 

[begreen]

If you have enough material you could make two and double it up.

 

[toyotawild]

I worry about it slipping off if I doubled it. I remove the stove by unbolting the flue and its snug in the firebox trying to bolt that all up in there.