Hey folks, been a while. I'm in need of some ideas on removing my door gasket from my boiler door. Every year I need to replace it, and taking the old one out is never easy, I usually end up getting a wire wheel on my grinder, go outside and just turn it all into some nasty dust. It's the only way I can get it out. Sometimes I can get a start on it and tear out 8" but it usually breaks before getting much out. The only time it's ever come out easy is when I bought to small of a gasket and threw an old extension cord behind it to make up the difference. Hey, it worked pretty slick and for a long time!!! So I'm curious if anyone has a better solution than what I've been doing, I know it shouldn't be that hard.
Is the (round) gasket trough conveniently the size of available pipe ? A pipe one could fashion a chisel of by cutting it at an angle. A copper pipe might not last very long depending on the hardness of the glue. But it might last long enough and could be recut/reground to a sharp edge repeatedly. Sometimes you just have to make your own tool(s).
What kind of boiler is this? Not sure its completely normal to have that much trouble getting it out...
