Wood stove glass gasket question

[Polarice]

We had an incident where the glass on one of the doors cracked over the weekend. We ordered the new glass and I see that there's a gasket around the glass. I also see that there are different sizes of gaskets that you can order for the glass.

How do you know what size/thickness to order? The original has a lot of it that has desinigrated so that won't help much.

 

[snocrazy]

Find the manufacturer of the stoves web site and get the manual or parts diagram. Or call them.

How the **** did you guys manage to break the glass in the first place?

 

[Polarice]

Find the manufacturer of the stoves web site and get the manual or parts diagram. Or call them.

How the **** did you guys manage to break the glass in the first place?

I put a new gasket around the door about a month ago. When a new gasket goes on, it makes the door harder to close because it's brand new. It is the correct size. In order to completely close the door, I had to take my rubber mallet and hit the bottom of the door while pushing down on the handle. I've never had a problem doing it but apparently Chris did. Instead of tapping the door, he hit the glass. Woops!

We ended up getting another piece of glass from Escanaba on Monday for $70. While he was installing that, he didn't have the old seal in the correct spot. While he was tightening down the screw...WOOPS broke the new one!! Unbelievable. I should've just did it myself. He has since ordered another piece of glass. I won't be able to put it on until later this week. I'm hoping the piece of galvanized will hold up until this is fixed.

 

[Polarice]

Just found out that the company, Grizzly, is no longer in business.