Midwest Hearth 3440 Gasket Kit for Intrepid I,II, Old Defiant*, Resolute, Vigilant Stoves by Vermont Castings (Made in USA)

I saw a few reviews that the tube is hard to use, or its hard to apply.One, the hardest part of applying is seeing what idiot replaced the gasket on your stove last. It was probably you, sorry, but I bought a home where the previous owner I don't think ever replaced the gasket so it was a mess and/or missing.First thing you need to massage the tube to ensure any water/liquids that might have left the epoxy are mixed back in. Don't need to go crazy just rub it between your hands and squish it a lot for a while, I spent like five minutes or less.Next, chisel out all the old gasket, and wipe down the channels with a solvent if you can. If you don't have the right tools you can use a screwdriver or a cold chisel.. just be careful you're chipping off gasket and not beating a tool INTO the cast iron (it'll break).Measure the channels using the right size gasket for the spot (doors are biggest, griddle is next, windows are smallest diameter). The fiberglass stretches, don't pull it taught as you measure, let it lay loose in the channel to measure you can always trim again. Fiberglass is a PITA to trim when woven so I used big wire snips. If you have a bit of striping or painter's tape you can wrap the spot you're going to trim and cut it so the ends don't fray.Now, cut a small bit angled off the end of the epoxy tube (cut less, you can always cut a little bit more later). It will take pretty good strength to squeeze it out- this part sucks, basically either roll the top of the tube to help apply pressure or just mash the bottom of the tube towards the nozzle with your palm as you apply. Make a continuous 1/8" bead (that's the manual instructions) and lay the gasket on top. Easiest to do with the doors/griddle off (just lift them up).Put them back on the stove but don't close any of them- take parchment or wax paper and lay sheets inside the doors and under the griddle before closing just in case the epoxy leaks through and accidentally bonds anything closed. You can then close them with the parchment paper over the channels.Wait an hour before firing the stove up. It might be 24 hours but the instructions are in the package. Not hard, did it in like 20 minutes.

This was great. First time wood stove owner and this kit made replacement a breeze!

Product is easy to use, all sizes of baskets needed in one package, adhesion is good and lasts for one complete winter season as I redo once per year

Hopefully you can see the griddle gasket which is why I bought this product over any other. This is a Vermont Castings Intrepid II woodstove with 1989 stamped inside we inherited with the house. This griddle gasket is steel reinforced mesh that other manufacturers don't supply and we could not find locally. If it doesn't say steel reinforced mesh, it is not and that is spec for the griddle gasket. It came as a kit with griddle, door and glass gaskets with a tube of cement. The second pic is the gaskets in order as listed on the instructions. The griddle gasket you have to do right the first time, no extra for errors. I did the door gasket with the handle and had to redo. Did both doors after failed attempt on door 1 with gasket left over. I have not done the glass gaskets yet as I want to replace the glass. I would have given it 5 stars but the cement was not easy to work with no matter how warm or how much I kneaded the tube. I followed their instructions and ended up with way too much cement which is why I had to redo the first door, it was all over the gasket. Like I said, no matter how much I kneaded it, it came out in blobs. What I finally did was got it in the channel, blobs and all and spread it with my finger as I went, like you smooth caulk. You may want some sort of plastic gloves for this, my finger is still black. Also, make sure you really clean up any wayward cement as you go because it will turn white when dry. I did so but do still have some white on inside of door that I missed. To get the right size gasket make sure you find your model specs, this one was online, because the gaskets did not resemble their original size or appearance. In the end, it's all sealed fantastically and I can catalytic burn. Happy customer despite the cement issues.

I use a Vermont Vigilant stove and needed to replace the rope gasket and went with this bundle. Came with everything to install. Install was easy no problems. I will order a couple more just to have as back up.

Finally found gaskets that fit great for my Intrepid wood stove.Thanks!!

WENT TOGETHER WITH NO PROBLEMS

With a long-overdue door seal refresh, my wood stove burns at a controlled rate - I’m using considerably less wood for the same heat. An excellent product that is easy to use.

Ce kit est un peu plus dispendieux mais après avoir acheté plusieurs et plusieurs cordes différences partout et rien faisait sur notre poêle Intrepid II, nous avons trouvé ce kit, complet. Il y avait toutes les cordes avec la colle. Il faisait très bien. La seule chose c'est la corde sur la porte sur le dessus que nous ne comprenons pas trop, elle semble toujours vouloir décoller. Sinon, le reste est one on one! Je recommande.

So happy I found this for a good price. Comes with more than you'll need of everything. Glue wasn't separated like in some reviews. Rolled the table in my hands and it was perfect. Be careful not to cut too much off the tip until you test some (more than enough in the tube for the job). I cut too much off and wish I would have cut less. Would have been way easier to apply as you don't need much

Il a été installé juste il y a quelques semaine et c'est un produit qui est excellent.

First, the gasket itself is excellent! However, the cement is totally useless. The instructions say to knead the tube before using - I did, for over an hour!! When I came to use it, the cement wouldn't even come out of the tube, and the hole I had cut was at least as big as indicated. I continued the kneading for another 20 mins, but still no luck. Eventually I added water to the tube which helped (after a further 30 mins of kneading) until a large dry lump clogged the inside again. This all continued until I finally spread the cement I had been able to get out, using a screwdriver! So, unless they improve the quality of their cement, I will not buy this product again.