When to Replace Glass?

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Mahanoy Boy
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Post by Mahanoy Boy » Fri. Oct. 02, 2009 6:15 pm

I have a 4 year old hand fired Keystoker and it works great. The stove glass is not broken but it is sort of worn and pitted. Will it eventually break from normal use? Should I wait until it does and worry about it then or would I be better off replacing it ahead of time? I'd hate to have to wait to get replacement glass during the heating season.

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Post by 009to090 » Fri. Oct. 02, 2009 6:46 pm

A few people on this forum keep a spare glass, or even a spare door, in their house. I think its a good idea.... get the parts, "Just in Case"...

 
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Post by ceccil » Fri. Oct. 02, 2009 11:01 pm

DVC500 at last wrote:or even a spare door
Now thats not a bad idea.

If and when the glass cracks or breaks, all you have to do is pull the pins and swap doors. Would only take a min. or two. That way you wouldn't have to shut down while replacing the glass. Anyone who has replaced their glass knows how much of a pain in the a** it can be, not to mention time consuming.

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Post by snuffy » Fri. Oct. 02, 2009 11:23 pm

Another option instead of replacing the glass would be to install a steel plate instead of the glass. We're considering this option due to having the ceramic glass getting so pitted and occluded that it was nearly impossible to observe the fire by mid season two years in a row. It gets pretty expensive at this rate. Our unit is located in a basement area not readily observably. Keystoker said it wasn't necessary to keep the glass installed. If it happens this year again, fire up the welder. I should note that for some reason the cloudiness is caused by the fly ash. Anyone having more info would be appreciated. Interestingly the Harman Mark III dosen't seem to have this problem atleast for the last three years. The Keystoker didn't either for about 15 years until the last two. We used Superior, Hegins, and Sherman coal.

 
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Post by snuffy » Fri. Oct. 02, 2009 11:28 pm

I should have been more clear in my previous post - Keystoker stated that a steel plate would be an acceptable replacement for the glass.

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