So I finally got around to changing my door gasket today on the Nap 1101. 3rd year burning and just felt like a change was needed. Pulled out old, cleaned old cement as best as could (a real pain!), and slapped in new. Couple of issues and ?'s:
1) I could not put in new gasket and test door. Channel wasn't deep enough to hold it so I had to just put in. It definitely shuts really hard. Had to put some weight on it. I'm assuming this is okay at first and will lossen up a bit over time? What if it doesn't?
2) Put the ends on the hinge side. Tried hard to get the seam as tight as possible. Not pleased with it. Any hints or ideas? Hoping it won't fringe as bad as old one did which was dead center on the bottom of door.
3) Video on YouTube says to let cement set up couple of hours. Cement tube says 24 hour set up time. Which is right? Going to be cold tonight, would like to get a fire going this evening.
All in all, not too bad a job. I think I will see a better performance with it.
1) I could not put in new gasket and test door. Channel wasn't deep enough to hold it so I had to just put in. It definitely shuts really hard. Had to put some weight on it. I'm assuming this is okay at first and will lossen up a bit over time? What if it doesn't?
2) Put the ends on the hinge side. Tried hard to get the seam as tight as possible. Not pleased with it. Any hints or ideas? Hoping it won't fringe as bad as old one did which was dead center on the bottom of door.
3) Video on YouTube says to let cement set up couple of hours. Cement tube says 24 hour set up time. Which is right? Going to be cold tonight, would like to get a fire going this evening.
All in all, not too bad a job. I think I will see a better performance with it.