Stove glass maintenance check

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Nick Mystic

Minister of Fire
Feb 12, 2013
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Western North Carolina
We had a couple of warm days here in western NC and I was able to let the stove go cold. It's back down in the 20s tonight, so I thought I'd take advantage of a cold stove to give my glass a good wipe down. I have a Jotul F600 and I keep my front doors locked while burning and do all my loading through my side door. I even clean my glass by reaching in through the side door. Today I opened the front doors to give the glass a good cleaning and I noticed my left door glass panel was slightly off center just barely catching the gasket on one side. I got an allen wrench to loosen the four bolts to re-center the glass and was surprised to discover they were so loose I could turn them with my fingers!

I centered the glass and re-tightened the bolts being careful not to over torque them and break the glass. When I checked the other door the bolts were all tight, but that glass was also slightly out of alignment, so I loosened those bolts to repeat the centering process. I've never checked this before and thought perhaps other forum members might also have this slip past them.
 
Good suggestion. I found the glass gasket on our Castine was sloppy in one area and barely sealing. the clamp bracket was a bit loose there. I used a small pocket ruler to push the gasket in place and tightened it. Be careful though, don't tighten too much, just enough to keep a gentle tension on the glass and gasket.
 
Some good advice on the glass and how it is mounted. I will check mine as soon as the stove can be shut down for the season. Not quite sure when that will be.
 
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