How tight does your stove door close?

[PA. Woodsman]

After finally replacing the gasket on my old Dovre Aurora and having it adjusted as loose as it can be the door closes but it is pretty tight, tighter than I would like it to be but there's nothing that I can do about it now, just have to wait until it compresses a bit. I broke it in today with a small fire and then full out so it should be good, but it just got me to wondering how tight or loose does your stove door latch? And I know that it gets tighter as the stove is hot as things expand, but even cold it is really snug, but it'll give I'm sure.

What about yours?

 

[Highbeam]

My doors both get looser as the stoves heat up.

 

[Sean in the woods]

Mine is tight and doesn’t seem to change when hot. But it is only a month old.

 

[rwh63]

my doors are 26 years old. nice and tight.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

My doors both get looser as the stoves heat up.

That's interesting. I would tend to think the heat would swell things up and tighten them but apparently not on yours.

 

[Gearhead660]

My doors both get looser as the stoves heat up.

The door on my Myriad gets looser as it heats up also.

 

[Highbeam]

That's interesting. I would tend to think the heat would swell things up and tighten them but apparently not on yours.

Maybe the door heats up too. It’s especially noticeable on my nc30.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Thanks for the replies. I was concerned about added pressure on the latch until this gasket compresses a bit, but I realized if I push on the door by the latch as I'm closing it I can force the door closed a little more on that side and it seems to close easier on the latch. I'm sure it will be okay once it compresses down but I want to take stress off of it if I can.