Heritage air control repair

[jaudet71]

I suspect if you close it all the way the fire will snuff out. You don't want that. Everyone's setup and draft is slightly different. You will have to experiment a bit. Try closing it down 50% and see how it burns. If no change move it 75% closed and see how the fire responds. If the fire regains strength you may be able to close it all the way, or maybe not. On our stove I can not close it all the way until it gets cold outside.

I just had my Hearthstone Heritage apart and can state that the air control lever even when moved all the way to the right only closes the air door about 80% to comply with EPA rules. You can see that in this picture with lever in a fully closed position. The sliding door popped out of the lever so I drilled a hole and added a cotter pin to prevent that from happening again.

 

[begreen]

Thanks for the picture and documentation. That looks like a good fix. I have moved this to a new thread to make it more discoverable in future searches.