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Posted: 1/24/2014 4:55:10 PM EDT

The rope gasket on my stove is in desperate shape and needs to be replaced.

The screwed-up thing is the size isn't in my manual! Believe me: I've looked and looked!

So . . . anyone know how to measure the diameter of the slot to be sure to get the right one?

It's not just so simple as slapping a tape on it, is it? I mean, the diameter-measurement I need is really the rope gasket itself - right? Not, the size of the slit it fits into on the door. Right?

Or, am I totally wrong?

*Disclaimer: I have indeed been wrong . . . . once.

Thanks!

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:05:37 PM EDT

[#1]

Just take the old one to the hardware store and get one that looks like the old one might have before it mostly burned up!

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:08:32 PM EDT

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Ask on hearth.com. someone there will know.

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Posted: 1/24/2014 5:15:50 PM EDT

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I have a Rais. The fuckers users proprietary sized gasket. So you have to order through them. To make matters worse, you have to order a kit which includes the glass gaskets as well. I had to spend $88 just to replace the door gaskets last week.

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:17:19 PM EDT

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you are going to glue it into the slot. get a rope that will bulge out when glued in, then adjust the handle to make the door tighter or looser.

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:24:00 PM EDT

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Good advice.
They come in two sizes, I always use a dremel to clean out the old glue, then put glue down and add gasket slowly making sure it sticks. When through I cut off excess, do ' final glue, the close door on it. Don't open for at least 24 hrs. Have to replace mine yearly.

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:41:46 PM EDT

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A trick I came up with this year to solve unraveling at cut ends.

Cut rope a couple inches long. Coat ends with gasket cement. Let dry. Make cuts at final measurement through sealed ends. No unraveling, clean cuts.

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:41:56 PM EDT

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Our ACE Hardware carries the rope in different sizes. Ours is 5/8". They also carry the cement that affixes the rope. Getting the door frame clean is the most important step. My door took a few weeks to shut easily, the lip took some time to compress the sealing material.

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:49:16 PM EDT

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Small world, Im a regular there. You post there too?

Posted: 1/24/2014 5:55:26 PM EDT

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Ask on hearth.com. someone there will know.

Small world, Im a regular there. You post there too?

I spend as much time there and on AS as I do here lately.
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Posted: 1/27/2014 7:01:17 AM EDT

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Small world, Im a regular there. You post there too?

I have a couple of threads there. They were a great help in getting a WinterWarm insert rebuilt and installed - though I should have listened when they said "Scrap it and get something else."

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