Want solid doors cause I cracked the glass

[raygard]

Hey Folks,
Long time since I posted. So long I forgot my username and password and had to re-register. Such is life. Anyway I posted the below in another thread and need to take it a step further; here is what I posted

My FIL brought a whole stack load of wood pallets around yesterday and I zipped them up with the circular saw. Lit my first fire of the winter season last night in my VC Encore, and promptly cracked a glass door (I had just tighten the inside screws as it was leaking a little last season). But the pine got hot real quick.

Yep, a nice big crack across the left side glass door. $90 to buy another slab of glass (nay clear ceramic from another thread I was reading last night) from black swan home. Yet my question, I suppose, is that I am not really concerned with looking at the fire so much as the heat it produces. Therefore, does anyone know where you can buy solid doors for a Vermont Castings Encore #2550 (Cat)?

Thanks, and it's good to be back.

Ray

 

[tcassavaugh]

sorry, have a vc i'm not using but has the glass. anyway you could replace the glass area with metal? just wondering.

cass

 

[begreen]

$90 doesn't seem that bad a deal. Did you also try a good local glass shop? If not, call around and ask if they sell Neoceram or Robax stove glass. If no luck locally, price it out here: www.onedayglass.com.

 

[raygard]

Funny you should say that Begreen, I was checking out the last cracked glass thread and read your reply on onedayglass and read their website. Ultimately, I looked at www.blackswanhome.com, yet the glass pains me. I have thought about tcassavaugh's post yet in another thread some mentioned something about warping. Has anyone tried this at all?

 

[DanCorcoran]

Wouldn't that be kind of like subscribing to the naughty movie channel, then not watching the picture?

 

[fossil]

I can't imagine that you'd ever be able to find solid doors made to fit the stove. Who would manufacture them...and why? Replacing the ceramic windows with solid steel is certainly possible, I s'pose, but I can't imagine that it would be cheap. I don't know for sure, but I doubt that there's a more economical solution than simply replacing the ceramic. Rick

 

[raybonz]

Hey Folks,
Long time since I posted. So long I forgot my username and password and had to re-register. Such is life. Anyway I posted the below in another thread and need to take it a step further; here is what I posted

My FIL brought a whole stack load of wood pallets around yesterday and I zipped them up with the circular saw. Lit my first fire of the winter season last night in my VC Encore, and promptly cracked a glass door (I had just tighten the inside screws as it was leaking a little last season). But the pine got hot real quick.

Yep, a nice big crack across the left side glass door. $90 to buy another slab of glass (nay clear ceramic from another thread I was reading last night) from black swan home. Yet my question, I suppose, is that I am not really concerned with looking at the fire so much as the heat it produces. Therefore, does anyone know where you can buy solid doors for a Vermont Castings Encore #2550 (Cat)?

Thanks, and it's good to be back.

Ray

Welcome back Ray take a look here: http://www.onedayglass.com/index.php

Ray

 

[laynes69]

Which allows a better transfer of heat, glass or steel? I'm with Dan, I couldn't imagine not viewing the fire. I like not only the view, but not having to open the door to see if more wood is needed.