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Escape 1800-I Insert Installation and Operation Manual
5.1.2 Door Adjustment
In order for your insert to burn at its best efficiency, the door must provide a perfect seal with
the firebox. Therefore, the gasket should be inspected periodically to check for a good seal.
The gasket seal can be improved with a simple latch mechanism adjustment. To increase
the pressure on the gasket, remove one washer (A). To reduce pressure on the door, when
putting a new door gasket for example, put two washers. To adjust:
1. Unscrew the nut.
2. Remove the door latch and the key
path pin (B).
3. Remove or add one washer (A) as
needed. Keep the removed washer
for future adjustment.
4. Reinstall the key path pin in the
keyway and slide the latch along it.
5. Secure with the nut.
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket
It is important to maintain the gasket in good condition. After a year or more of use, the door
gasket will compress and become hard, which may allow air to leak past it. You can test the
condition of the door gasket by closing and latching the door on a strip of paper. Test all
around the door. If the paper slips out easily anywhere, it is time to replace the gasket.
Use the correct replacement gasket that you can purchase from your retailer. The diameter
and density of the gasket is important to getting a good seal.
Place the door face-down on something soft like a cushion of rags or piece of carpet.
Remove the old gasket from the door by pulling and prying it out with an old screw driver.
Then use the screwdriver to scrape the old gasket adhesive from the door. Now run a 1/4"
(6 mm) bead of high temperature silicone in the door gasket groove. Starting from the middle
of the hinge side, press the gasket into the groove. Do not stretch the gasket as you place
it. Leave the gasket about 1/2" long when you cut it and press the end into the groove. Tuck
any loose fibres under the gasket and into the silicone. Close the door and do not use the
insert for 24 hours.
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass
It is a good idea to replace the glass gasket when the door gasket is replaced. The gasket
is flat, adhesive-backed, woven fibreglass. Remove the glass retaining screws (A), the clips
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