Well, we've had a couple of warm nights without a fire and I decided to clean the ashes out today.......when I notice that the glass on BOTH doors of our Isle Royale had come loose and slipped a little!! The right side seemed to still be making good contact with the glass gasket, but on the left door there was a good 3/32"-1/8" gap where the top edge of the glass had slipped below the gasket I wonder how much air that was letting in......Anywho, I moved the glass pieces up higher on each door and tightened the retaining clips. Interestingly enough the secondaries seem like they're burning MUCH more intensely tonight......
I never thought to check the door glass although I suppose I should have especially considering that we just moved the stove a few months ago. Even though it's my fault for not looking closely, I do consider this a bit of a design flaw---there should be a bottom channel for the glass pieces to sit in to prevent just this sort of thing from happening or at the very least the bottom two retaining clips should stop the glass from sliding down by being placed under the bottom edge of the glass as opposed to off to the side like they are on mine.
While the stove was cool and I had my screwdriver out I checked all the retaining clips and half of them were loose. I tightened them as snug as I dared as I didn't want to crack the glass--does anyone know if you're supposed to tighten the screws all the way down and the screw length is set to the gasket thickness so that all the way tight won't crack the glass?
Thanks!
NP
I never thought to check the door glass although I suppose I should have especially considering that we just moved the stove a few months ago. Even though it's my fault for not looking closely, I do consider this a bit of a design flaw---there should be a bottom channel for the glass pieces to sit in to prevent just this sort of thing from happening or at the very least the bottom two retaining clips should stop the glass from sliding down by being placed under the bottom edge of the glass as opposed to off to the side like they are on mine.
While the stove was cool and I had my screwdriver out I checked all the retaining clips and half of them were loose. I tightened them as snug as I dared as I didn't want to crack the glass--does anyone know if you're supposed to tighten the screws all the way down and the screw length is set to the gasket thickness so that all the way tight won't crack the glass?
Thanks!
NP