Find the wood burning stove rope you need to keep your stove working efficiently.
Stove rope is an inexpensive but important part of any wood-burning stove. The rope inside your stove plays a crucial role in keeping your stove operating at maximum efficiency — and in keeping you safe. Let’s take a look at why its so important, the role it plays and how to replace your stove rope.
In this article
- What is stove rope?
- Why do I need to replace my wood burning stove rope?
- How often should I replace wood burning stove rope?
- How to replace wood burning stove rope
- What size of wood burning stove rope do I need?
- Finding the right stove rope for your woodburner
– Arada Stove Rope
– Evergreen Stove Rope
– Mazona Stove Rope
– Arizona Stove Rope
– Stratford Stove Rope
– Villager Stove Rope
– Invicta Stove Rope
– Dimplex Stove Rope - Buy your replacement wood burning stove rope
What is stove rope?
Stove rope is the rope you’ll find on the inside of the door of any woodburner. You’ll usually find a length of rope running around the edge of the door to form a seal against the stove body. Another length of rope will be found around the glass to create a seal there.
Why do I need to replace my wood burning stove rope?
Wood burning stove rope plays an important role in sealing your stove that it can operate safely and efficiently. Its position on the inside of the door means the stove rope often bears the brunt of intense heat and flames.
Although the rope is made to withstand these conditions, it is a consumable part and will deteriorate over time. Your stove rope could become squashed, frayed or completely broken. When this happens, the stove rope is no longer performing its function correctly.
If stove rope isn’t forming a tight seal around the door, excess air will be able to get into your stove. This will make your stove less efficient and cause you to burn through fuel faster. It can also lead to your stove overfiring — operating at too high a temperature and potentially causing damage to your stove.
As well as too much air getting into the stove, there is also an increased risk of smoke escaping in the opposite direction. The seal formed by the stove rope helps to keep smoke and gases inside the stove. If the rope is squashed or broken, smoke can escape into your room. When there’s a risk of that happening it’s time to replace your stove rope.
How often should I replace wood burning stove rope?
How often you need to replace your wood burning stove rope will depend on how frequently it is broken. You can minimise this by operating your stove efficiently and within the recommended temperatures (a stove pipe thermometer can help you to do this), and keeping the door closed when the stove is in use.
There’s a very easy method for checking whether you need to replace your stove rope. Simply trap a sheet of paper in the stove door. If you can easily remove the paper from the closed door without it ripping, the seal isn’t tight enough and the stove rope needs to be replaced.
As part of your stove service, remove any damaged rope and the glue that was holding it in place.
- Fit replacement stove rope
Replace the worn stove rope with new rope to ensure your stove functions efficiently. Buy replacement stove rope here. Use stove glue to hold the rope in place, then refit the glass and, if it was been removed, refit the door.
What size of wood burning stove rope do I need?
Wood burning stove rope comes in different thicknesses. This is usually 6mm, 8mm. 10mm, 12mm or 20mm. You can consult your stove manual or check with your stove manufacturer to see the correct size of rope for your stove.
You then just need to choose the correct length of stove rope, which you can easily work out with a tape measure.
How to replace wood burning stove rope
Replacing your wood burning stove rope is very easy. The first step is to remove your worn or frayed stove rope. Also remove any of the glue that was holding the old rope in place that is stuck to your stove. Next, apply fresh stove rope seal glue to your stove, then fix the new stove rope in place
Finding the right stove rope for your woodburner
Simply choose your stove from the list below to get the right wood burning stove rope from the list below. If your stove isn’t included the list, give us a call on 0121 271 0221 and we’ll do our best to get it for you.
Arada Stove Rope
- Arada Acorn View 4
- Arade Acorn 4
- Arada Acorn 5
- Arada Ecoburn 5
- Arada Ecoburn 7
- Arada Ecoburn 9
- Arada Ecoburn 11
- Arada Ecoburn 5 Inset
- Arada Farringdon Small
- Arada Farringdon Large
- Arada Holborn 5
- Arada Holborn 7
- Arada Hoxton 7
- Arada Sherborne Compact
- Arada Sherborne Small
- Arada Sherborne Medium
- Arada Sherborne Large
Evergreen Stove Rope
Mazona Stove Rope
10mm door rope and 6mm glass rope is recommended for all Mazona Stoves.
- Mazona Small Orlando
- Mazona Medium Orlando Double Door
- Mazona Medium Orlando Single Door
- Mazona Large Orlando
- Mazona Ripley 4
- Mazona Ripley 5
- Mazona Ripley 8
- Mazona Rye 5
- Mazona Rye 7
- Mazona Warwick 4
- Mazona Warwick 5
- Mazona Warwick 8
Arizona Stove Rope
Stratford Stove Rope
Villager Stove Rope
Invicta Stove Rope
Dimplex Stove Rope
Thorma Stove Rope
Buy your replacement wood burning stove rope
If you’re ready to buy replacement stove rope, you’ll find various different thicknesses available by the metre in our stove.
What rope do I need for Mazona Rocky please?
Hi Graham,
You’ll need this one: https://www.gr8fires.co.uk/glass-rope-kit-with-rope-glue-7856/?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Social
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
Hi Adam,
I have a Fox Hunter Stove and the Rope is going around the glass panels. What rope do I need please?
Many thanks,
Ted Varley.
Hi Ted
Unfortunately, we don’t stock that brand, so you’ll have to check in your manual. Once you have, you can selected the correct size here: https://www.gr8fires.co.uk/glass-rope-kit-with-rope-glue-7870/?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Social
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
hi adam I have a Charnwood country 4mk2 what rope will I need
Hi Dave,
We don’t stock Charnwood and haven’t been able to find out easily on the Internet. Does it perhaps say in your manual?
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
What rope for an evergreen elm st1050 stove? Is the glass rope the same as the door seals? Thanks
Hi Nigel
On the Elm, the rope is 6mm for the glass and 10mm for the door.
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
Hi Adam
1. Mine’s a Firefox 8 from the Gallery collection. I bought a couple from you in about 2012. I’ve checked the rope and it seems OK, possibly a bit flat. Should I replace it as when closed, the flames don’t die down as quickly as they used to, even though the top and bottom air intakes are closed and fully tightened?
2. Different subject: I’ve just built a wooden, insulated garden house (glorified shed) which will need heating. Do you have cheap, smallest possible, stove which will take logs a bit smaller than the Firefox? It’s about 30 m3
3. In the house I need a light tunnel approx. 8′ to go through the first floor landing (pantiled roof). Can you help on this?
Thanks, John
Hi John
Thanks for your comment. We’ll take your questions numerically:
1. If it’s squashed to the extent that you’ve noticed it and there is no other reason for the change in performance you’ve also noticed, it’s probably worth changing.
2. You’ll only need a heat output of 4kW. Here are some options: https://blog.gr8fires.co.uk/2016/12/07/very-small-wood-burners-find-a-tiny-stove-for-your-home/ The Mazona Signet is only £159 at present.
3. Out of our area of expertise, unfortunately.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
Hi , i have masons rocky, purchased from yourselves, i need new rope. I saw an earlier link above but it has different thicknesses, which do i need 6mm or 8mm, i can measure for length just need to know size
Hi Liz
The correct thickness is 8mm for the door rope and 6mm for the glass rope.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
Hi there, what rope would I need for the door of an Esse 125SE?
Thanks
Hi David
That’s not a stove we stock, so best to check with Esse beforehand.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
Can you tell me what thickness of rope for a Franco Belge Savoy please. Thanks
Hello I have a mazona newport 8 what size rope do I need please
Hi Clive
6mm rope for the glass seal and 10mm rope for the door seal are the recommended sizes for the Mazona Newport.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires
What rope do I need for the Dimplex Langbrook 5kw please
Hi Paul
You can measure the channel to check. The rope will squash down slightly.
Thanks,
Gr8Fires