Leaking glass

WellSeasoned, where in Eastern PA are you? Most Ace Hardware stores carry a selection of gasket material and most stove shops do as well, you do not need to stick with a Jotul seller. Figure out the gasket size and you should be able to find a replacement.

Owning VC stoves has resulted in me keeping an eye on who sells gaskets since there are so many of these dammed things on VC stoves.

 

Good idea. An air leak that you know about & don't seem to be over firing the stove.
You can control it a little with less air.
It can wait a few days until you have better weather conditions to do the repair.
Then you can go in , replace , fix the leaks & stop future ones .

Since new, ever replaced the gaskets ?

 

Also, can I just take a moment to say VC and their love of gaskets can #$@&%*! off. I look forward to the King/Princess/Steel setup just so I'm not #$@&%*!ing with gaskets every summer.

 

I don't know about other stove brands, but the original Buck ash pan gasket was high-density stuff; All I see in the stove shops, farm stores, etc. are the low-density, fluffy 'air gaskets.' I'm going to try OEM gaskets from the stove makers only and see if they work better/last longer.

 

As someone that has used the official Vermont Casting Gasket Kit, I offer you a hardy "Good luck."

 

I had a glass leak on my window a few seasons back. The glass was a little loose, and I would have a repetitive soot haze pattern on the glass at each air leak. I picked up the gasket material from my dealer and it was great after that. Lately I have been getting dirty glass, even at high temp burns around 600 degrees, so I think something is amiss.

One thing I do recall is that the metal clips to hold the glass in place had a notch or two on them to hold a small piece of very flat gasket between the clip and glass. It helped snug the glagg in nicely. I am due soon, so thanks for putting this up to remind me to get the gasket set.

 

I don't mean to sound like a douche, but, dude, you can do that yourself and have it done this evening.

 

I agree with BB,,, do it yourself.... The stove guy is going to get it done as fast as he can to go onto his next job.... Suppose he leaves and you now see what you think is still a leak around the glass,,, you'll be diving into yourself anyways... Doing it yourself,,, you'll take your time and do a good job, plus you'll now know how your gasket get's installed.... Maybe you'll even see something outside the book that's causing your leak, bad casting area, etc.. My Esse cook stove just came with a clear high temp plastic looking strip to keep the glass off of the clips and cast iron door... Apparently being shipped to burn coal, they are not too concerned to have an airtight door glass... So after spotting that, I went and got door glass gasket with the sticky backing and folded it around the glass , then slowly tightened the screws holding the clips... 2 turns, wait 30 minutes, 2 turns, then hung the door... Fired the stove,,, on the next reload just touched the screws until snug, not buried... A week later I checked them and all good... Now I have a nice air tight firebox... I'm sure you can fix your own gasket with ease! Listen, you'll be glad you did after you did it...It's not rocket science...

 

Show us some Hoarder Moderator spine and know-how

 

I'm going to replace my door , glass and ash door gaskets myself this spring....wish me luck....also going to try and put a pipe damper in....