Gasket rope

[Bill]

You can buy gasket rope for $5.00 and OEM for $35.00 is there a quality difference? Some is white some is dark gray and difference there?

 

[BrotherBart]

The grey stuff is graphite impregnated to resist sticking to the stove when you close the door and supposedly for it to last longer. As to third party instead of OEM, I have found that most all of the third party is low density rope. On my stove you have to have the high density stuff or the door latch does not work when the low density rope squishes too flat.

 

[Corie]

Same on the door on my stove BB. Although the low density gray stuff I had actually has turned white since the fall.

 

[BrotherBart]

Same on the door on my stove BB. Although the low density gray stuff I had actually has turned white since the fall.

In a couple of months you will be somewhere where they buy high density rope by the truck load. BTW, hunt up my first stove in the warehouse and you can strip out some high density from a stove that only had five or six fires in it.

 

[begreen]

Same on the door on my stove BB. Although the low density gray stuff I had actually has turned white since the fall.

I can relate to that, sounds like my hair (and probably the grey matter underneath it).

 

[titan]

I used to use the white rope;have since found out that the dark grey stuff lasts longer.Sometimes you do get what you pay for.

 

[jtp10181]

We sell "RUTLAND" brand gasket at our shop and it works good for replacement.

 

[stoveguy2esw]

we use both low and high density gasket material for or door gaskets depending on model (essentially what door is on it) some of our doors (mostly pellet stoves) have a wide channel that accepts the thicker 3/4" low density, and the non-cats have a "flush mount" door which requires high density. its not a quality issue with the various densities, it just depends on the application its used in, different doors use different gaskets.