Fitting a NEW Door Seal, Adjusting Door Catch

MAINTENANCE and SERVICING

7.6Clean, and re-paint, the rear of the door if required. Clean the screws with light oil or WD40®, this will aid future removal.

7.7Fit the edge sealing tape to the new glass, and place the glass into position in the door. Place the door trim/frame back in to position and re-fix with the clean fixing screws.

7.8Squeeze a generous bead of fresh Thermic Seal glue into the rope locating groove. Do not glue over the screw heads. Press the new door sealing rope into the locating groove, placing the joint in the middle of the lower edge of the door.

7.9Refit the door on to the appliance and close the door to apply pressure to new rope. Leave the appliance closed for at least 12 hours before lighting the appliance and us at a low output for approximately one day.

7.10Fit only Stovax Ceramic Glass, which is suitable to use in high temperature applications.

7.11Using the appliance with a damaged door glass could cause dangerous fumes to enter the room, or the stove to overfire, resulting in damage.

8.FITTING A NEW DOOR SEAL

8.1To maintain the safe use of your Riva stove you may need to replace a damaged or worn door sealing rope. To complete this operation, use this method.

8.2To remove the door first remove the hinge pin. Unscrewing the hinge pin from the body of the Riva and pulling the pin does this. Support the weight of the door before removing the pin. The door should be kept in the closed position when the pin is removed. Release the door catch to lift the door clear of the hinge blocks.

8.2Remove the old rope and scrape old glue from the locating groove. Clean the locating groove with a clean dry cloth to remove all old dust and debris.

8.3Squeeze a generous bead of fresh Thermic Seal glue into the rope locating groove. Do not glue over the screw heads. Press the new rope into the locating groove, placing the joint in the middle of the lower edge of the door.

8.4Refit the door and close the door to apply pressure to new rope. Leave the appliance closed for at least 6 hours before lighting and using at a low output for approximately one day.

8.5Using the Riva stove with a damaged door seal could cause dangerous fumes to enter the room, or the appliance to overfire, resulting in damage.

8.6If you require help your local dealer will be able to carry-out all of your service and maintenance requirements for a reasonable cost.

9. ADJUSTING DOOR CATCH

(Tool required - 13mm A/F spanner)

9.1To maintain the safe use of your Riva stove, you may need to adjust the door catch to ensure safe correct closing of the door. Complete this operating as follows

9.2Open the door to give access to the fixed part of the door catch as shown.

9.3Using a 13mm A/F spanner loosen the locking nut holding the catch block shown in diagram 11, and reposition to achieve the correct fit. This may need a trial and error approch to find the correct position.

9.4If the door still feels loose after correcting the catch operation, the door rope seal is worn and requires replacement, as detailed in section 8.