I bought my new house in May so I don't know exactly how old the stove is, but it seemed like it was in great shape and worked very well so far this winter until a couple days ago. I let the fire burn out, cleaned it, restarted a fire and at just over 500 degrees I heard a loud pop from the other room. I now have a crack in the casing of the stove in between the front "ledge" and the front right leg. I opened the doors, let the fire burn out and noticed the crack goes slightly underneath and towards the. Due to my ignorance on the matter I was wondering if something like a JBWeld high heat product would be sufficient for a situation like this or it's too serious. I didn't see the crack all the way through on the base of the inside of the stove. Thank you kindly for any insight
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