Quadrafire Castile Ash Door not latching tight! - See video! -- washer fix

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Don2222

Minister of Fire
Hearth Supporter
Feb 1, 2010
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Salem NH
Hello

Quadra Fire Castile Ash Door was not latching. Anyone else see this problem?

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So I took out one of the OEM spacers and added 3 washers.

See pics

Pic 1 & 2 - Shows OEM latch

Pic 3 - Take off washers

Pic 4 - 3 New washers

Pic 5 - Fixed!

Looks like others have the same problem! Also see
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/castile-ash-pan-door-latch-assembly-incorrect.28040/
 

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