Whitfield Advantage Plus Window Glass Repalcement

[smwilliamson]

I would have continued on a older thread but it's locked....

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...tage-plus-glass-and-door-gasket-issues.43640/

I'm doing a replacement right now and thought I'd share the experience. People ask me all the time, "When should I think about replacing my stove?" Well, if there was ever a time when the cost to fix something could trigger a notion to replace the stove, this repair would be it. The glass for this model is over $500.00. Yikes! So, now here I am, charged with the duty of replacing this glass the customer already paid for and I have to get it done without the glass cracking later on down the line. Here's the issue....the door that I'm working with is already torn apart and I'm not really sure what it is that I'm working with cause I didn't take it apart. Cannot find and written instructions or diagrams either. So I'm running blind. Here's what I know.

1. Any metal that could touch the glass needs to have a gasket between it and the glass.
2. There is a gasket already glued to the glass on three sides but it sagged in the corners...so who ever put it on there didn't follow the first rule of gasket replacement on stoves, which is...don't stretch the gasket!
3. The side that has no gasket on the glass is the air wash
4. in looking at the brackets, it appears as the air wash on this stove enters the top of the glass
5. When ordering this glass, you will need additional gasket for the brackets which DOES NOT come with the kit
6. Inevitably, one or more screws that hold the brackets to the cast metal door will be frozen or will break when they are removed so be prepared to drill out and thread tap some holes

Pictures to follow....

 

[Pellet-King]

I have a advantage 3 with the one piece glass, i swapped the whole door to my 2T and it did not seal properly, possibly my stove is warped, look's like that 1 piece glass is worth some $$

 

[smwilliamson]

Hello
Being a Whitfield parts dealer, I can do the job for less. So to see how, I took quite a few pics and posted them quite a while ago in this thread.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...ass-replacement-see-pics.114336/#post-1538700
The new Whitfield OEM replacement 1 piece curved glass is now Neo-Ceram glass and does not crack easily like the old glass did.

There you go spamming again.

 

[Pellet-King]

I may later this summer rebuild my 3 and give her a whirl this fall, bought the stove 1.5 yr's ago, my 2T has 1000's of hours of use, been having issue's getting the firebrick to fit in the back, so maybe the 3 has less warpage.
show us pic's smwilliamson

 

[smwilliamson]

Problem being I can't upload from iPhone 6 it doesn't work

 

[Don2222]

I took quite a few pics and posted them quite a while ago in this thread.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/...ass-replacement-see-pics.114336/#post-1538700
The new Whitfield OEM replacement 1 piece curved glass is now Neo-Ceram glass and does not crack easily like the old glass did.

 

[MountainSean]

Don, to my knowledge Whitfield has always used either Neo-Ceram or Pyro-Ceram in all of their stoves and the two types of glass are functionally identical. I don't believe they ever used Schott as that is more common in Euro stoves. Also, in the thread you have linked to twice you had an Advantage III which means that the stove was at a minimum of 17 years old on the same piece of glass, I wouldn't call the glass breaking after 17 or more years an easy break.

 

[Don2222]

Don, to my knowledge Whitfield has always used either Neo-Ceram or Pyro-Ceram in all of their stoves and the two types of glass are functionally identical. I don't believe they ever used Schott as that is more common in Euro stoves. Also, in the thread you have linked to twice you had an Advantage III which means that the stove was at a minimum of 17 years old on the same piece of glass, I wouldn't call the glass breaking after 17 or more years an easy break.

Hi Sean
That new glass I put in was lighter and weighed less than the one I took out so something is different?

 

[MountainSean]

I would say that the material has changed a bit. While I can't find anything online in a brief search it would make sense that in the 50+ years since fire rated ceramic glass was introduced the material has gotten stronger and lighter. Rather like the gorilla glass that goes on smart phones is in it's 4th generation and is remarkably lighter, stronger and more scratch resistant than when first introduced.