Well after a couple of years or struggling to get my stove working correctly I think I have it diagnosed. My stove is as tight as a 100 year old farm house with broken windows.
I feel bad that it took me this long to find all my issues, but this was my first stove and I assumed it was assembled correctly.
The first thing I notice a while ago was the door gasket had gaps and the ash pan fits like it was made for a different stove. I had some gasket materiel so I added additional gasket material to both the door and ash pan. But the burn was still bad(burn pot full of clinkers after 24 hrs). The door will now hold a piece of paper in all locations. I still can't get the ash pan tight, but with double gasket material it passes the flame test.
This year I finally found a big air leak in a very small section on the front glass panel. Its along the vertical side. The glass is only held in on the top and bottom. So I filled the gap with the same adhesive for the door gasket. Even after filling the gap I was still getting a bad burn.
After a few cleanings I noticed a hole though the ashes around the burn pot. After closer inspection I realized the cradle for the burn pot is not flat and the burn pot rocks. So a added gasket materiel under the burn pot.
So I had a leaky door, ash draw, glass and burn pot. My exhaust fan connection seems good. So after 4 years I can finally run my stove for a day and have no clickers in the burn pot. Yeah, I have learned a lot.
Now I have 3 problems that I am not sure what to do:
1. Now my stove is working a little to well(I guess I am never happy). I have the feed and blower both set to 4 and the stove is regularly over temping. I can tell because the blower fan goes max high and I am also noticing the burn pot is being damage. I have lowered the air setting from 1-5-1 (Englander recommendation ) to 1-3-1. Now I only hear the high fan occasionally, but should it ever being coming on? Not sure if there is more I can do to cool off the burn a little more to reduce any chance for damage.
2. The door is not square to the stove. I measured the distance from the door to the stove and its 1" by the hinges and 7/8" by the latch and top and bottom. I would like to go to a single gasket, instead of 2 pieces(1 on the door and 1 on the stove). The englander gasket is 3/4" and is to thin. I could use a 1" gasket for the hinge area and a 7/8" for the rest of the door. I am worried if I go 1" I might have issues closing the door but if I go small I will leak by the hinges. Any recommendation?
3. Curious is anyone has change the latch on ash door to something that would work. I think it needs something that pulls from the center of the ash draw.
Thanks
I feel bad that it took me this long to find all my issues, but this was my first stove and I assumed it was assembled correctly.
The first thing I notice a while ago was the door gasket had gaps and the ash pan fits like it was made for a different stove. I had some gasket materiel so I added additional gasket material to both the door and ash pan. But the burn was still bad(burn pot full of clinkers after 24 hrs). The door will now hold a piece of paper in all locations. I still can't get the ash pan tight, but with double gasket material it passes the flame test.
This year I finally found a big air leak in a very small section on the front glass panel. Its along the vertical side. The glass is only held in on the top and bottom. So I filled the gap with the same adhesive for the door gasket. Even after filling the gap I was still getting a bad burn.
After a few cleanings I noticed a hole though the ashes around the burn pot. After closer inspection I realized the cradle for the burn pot is not flat and the burn pot rocks. So a added gasket materiel under the burn pot.
So I had a leaky door, ash draw, glass and burn pot. My exhaust fan connection seems good. So after 4 years I can finally run my stove for a day and have no clickers in the burn pot. Yeah, I have learned a lot.
Now I have 3 problems that I am not sure what to do:
1. Now my stove is working a little to well(I guess I am never happy). I have the feed and blower both set to 4 and the stove is regularly over temping. I can tell because the blower fan goes max high and I am also noticing the burn pot is being damage. I have lowered the air setting from 1-5-1 (Englander recommendation ) to 1-3-1. Now I only hear the high fan occasionally, but should it ever being coming on? Not sure if there is more I can do to cool off the burn a little more to reduce any chance for damage.
2. The door is not square to the stove. I measured the distance from the door to the stove and its 1" by the hinges and 7/8" by the latch and top and bottom. I would like to go to a single gasket, instead of 2 pieces(1 on the door and 1 on the stove). The englander gasket is 3/4" and is to thin. I could use a 1" gasket for the hinge area and a 7/8" for the rest of the door. I am worried if I go 1" I might have issues closing the door but if I go small I will leak by the hinges. Any recommendation?
3. Curious is anyone has change the latch on ash door to something that would work. I think it needs something that pulls from the center of the ash draw.
Thanks
