Review of Firebelly FB2 stove
FB 2 stove
Lit the fire for the first time while installer was in the house. Within 10 minutes the big glass panel cracked. We got a replacement eventually from the company and realised how flimsy the glass retainers are and also the fact that the rope seals are fitted with nothing more than a couple of flexible steel strips with teeth on. The rope has continued to fall off until such times as we had a registered installer use heat resistant silicone to hold it in place. The technical support people didn't seem to know a great deal when we rang them. A lovely modern looking stove but a failure in so many departments I would suggest something else. \n\n
Stove expert replied: When you first light a stove it is possible for the glass to crack. The stove has been transported which can vibrate and jolt the stove a little, the glass may already have a small hairline crack or nick on the edge, and the glass is usually held by fixing clips and screws. It is possible to over tighten the fixings. When you light the stove the glass expands less rapidly than the metal of the door, and is put under intense heat itself. If it is going to crack that is probably the time that it will. So the glass cracking on first firing should not necessarily reflect badly on the stove. This is not to say that the other topics brought up by this reviewer are not valid.