Tape Gasket Vs. Paper Gasket

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grobinson2
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Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy, and EFM 520 round door
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Coalbrookdale Darby, Harman Mark III, Stratford SC100, DutchWest 288 (With Coal Insert), Coalbrookdale Severn, Hitzer 50/93, Hitzer 354 Double Door, FrancoBelge La Normandie, DS Machine Anthramax
Coal Size/Type: Rice, Buck, Pea, Nut, and Stove
Other Heating: Vermont Castings Defiant 1975 FlexBurn, Fisher Grandpa Bear, Vermont Castings DutchWest 224, Vermont Castings Defiant 1945, Ravelli RV-100 Classic, Progress Hybrid, Glenwood Wood Chip Boiler

Post by grobinson2 » Sun. Jan. 17, 2010 1:08 pm

Had been looking for a Stratford SC75 and SC100 and found and purchased them yesterday. I like the looks of the stoves and they seem to be built well however I have a question about the gasket around the loading door window. Would these stoves originally have used paper gasket like the older Francobelge stoves or would they have always used the fiberglass tape gasket? I ask because of course all I can find today is the tape gasket and it ... well just looks like crap. I could see where paper gasket would have looked and worked much better.

Thanks,
Glenn


 
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Post by MJinLehigh » Sun. Jan. 17, 2010 3:10 pm

Tape gasket is OEM type used. It always droops a bit after some use, but that's how they all are.

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