Glass Door Retrofit?

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Kungur
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Post by Kungur » Thu. Dec. 06, 2018 8:11 am

When I first started heating with coal I had an Alaska furnace that had a glass door. Switched to the Keystoker KA2.
I miss that bit of glow!
So is there a way to do a retrofit?

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Dec. 07, 2018 7:58 pm

I would only do it if I had a spare fire door. Basically, you buy a piece of woodstove glass, cut a hole in the fire door and mount the glass in it. Then enjoy the pretty coal fire!

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Post by Freddy » Sat. Dec. 08, 2018 5:51 am

Make sure the mount isn't too tight. The expansion of the metal could grab the clear ceramic glass & break it.

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