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QUESTION:I have an Empire 15,000 BTU direct vent heater. The gasket at the inspection
window lasts only a short time and then fumes are vented to the room instead
of outside. Would furnace cement work just as well? How difficult would it
be to get it apart if the pilot needed to be relighted? The heater has one
of those piezo ignitors but due to faulty design or manufacture, it never
worked so the inspection window must be opened to relight the pilot with a
match. Is there a longer lasting material that I could cut for a gasket?
ANSWER: I'm using the gasket supplied by Empire, their part number 712098. The local
serviceman who is an Empire dealer said, "Oh those things don't last" and he
threw it away. I asked him if it would be ok without the gasket and he said
yes, but of course, it isn't ok because it leaves a space of about 1/16 of
an inch between the inspection window and the firebox.
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