Hampton Regency Stove

[sgrmagnolia]

Hi All. In my continuing effort to figure out why my stove keeps over firing, I have noticed two things. One: the bottom of the door fails the dollar bill tests in epic fashion. Gasket is one year old. Not sure if there is a way to adjust the door for that. Two: the gasket on the right side, where it lays next to the assembly for the latch, does not make contact with the face of the stove but rather falls down inside of the latch assembly. I can't see how an airtight seal could possibly happen that way. Seems to me that the whole door needs to sit about a half inch over to the right for the gasket to get a good seal. Can anyone else let me know if their gasket does the same?
Thanks

 

[bholler]

Hi All. In my continuing effort to figure out why my stove keeps over firing, I have noticed two things. One: the bottom of the door fails the dollar bill tests in epic fashion. Gasket is one year old. Not sure if there is a way to adjust the door for that. Two: the gasket on the right side, where it lays next to the assembly for the latch, does not make contact with the face of the stove but rather falls down inside of the latch assembly. I can't see how an airtight seal could possibly happen that way. Seems to me that the whole door needs to sit about a half inch over to the right for the gasket to get a good seal. Can anyone else let me know if their gasket does the same?
Thanks

Some pictures would help

 

[sgrmagnolia]

 

[sgrmagnolia]

This is the only shot that I can get. As you can see, the gasket just barely makes contact with the face of the stove as it passes by the latch assembly. Toward the top of teh assembly, it doesn't appear to make contact at all.

 

[bholler]

This is the only shot that I can get. As you can see, the gasket just barely makes contact with the face of the stove as it passes by the latch assembly. Toward the top of teh assembly, it doesn't appear to make contact at all.

Did you adjust the hinge assembly all the way to the right? If you have the door somehow doesn't match the stove body

 

[sgrmagnolia]

No hinge assembly to adjust unfortunately. Door sits down into a welded hinge at the top on the right.

 

[sgrmagnolia]

Well, it took all winter but my chimney guy and I figured it out. When these models were made, a new design for the door was implemented. If you look at the latch mechanism from the backside (stove has to be pulled out to see it), the door gasket sits down into the latch mechanism on the front of the stove box instead of against the stove box!! A total defect allowing a ton of air in!! We let them know and they sent out another unit. It never made it off the truck. We looked at the back of the latch assembly and the same thing. If the gasket drops down into that recess for the latch assembly, then it is not making a good enough seal with the stove box and air WILL get in. I'm furious with them as Regency does not seem to get it despite our attempts to explain this to them - and it's such an obvious failure. Oddly enough, I have the old door from the previous model, makes a perfect seal on the new box and it will be going on instead of the old one. This was checked out with Regency as an acceptable solution. God forbid they admit the defect and recall the doors.