Thread: Using heat insulation on old stove?

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Hey guys,

I'll try to make the story short, bought a 50's house, bought a 50's stove (o'keefe and merritt, not perfect, but pretty good shape) just got it all fired up and using it yesterday. Of course it has pilot lights and the stove top, close to the pilot lights especially, stays HOT. I think you'd burn yourself if you touched too close to where the pilots are. My question is, any reason I couldn't take the top plates off and put some adhesive backed insulator from summit on the underside, cut the whole for the burner, and put them back down?

Red

I don't think it has that kind of "rating"... and I don't think your insurance carrier will approve of it either. But, it's your stove so you can try anything you'd like.

It just sounds like a bad idea to me, not knowing the adhesive and other materials and their flamability ratings...

I had the same thoughts as Mike when I ?almost? suggested using "Lizard Skin" but I really think that any product that ?could be? flammable would be a no-no. Good Luck !

meller

Yeah, I agree with Mike. It's not a product made for direct contact with the pilot and you could be in a mess if it caused a problem. If you look at a modern gas range they get hot like that, too. I'd say it's the nature of the beast and you just have to learn where the hot areas are and stay away from them with anything that's heat sensitive, like fingers!

turn the pilot light's off and light it with a match/lighter. some older commercial stove top's were lighted that way.
just a thought

any ceramic tile should take the heat or a 1/8 thick plate of a aluminum make sure there a air gap mount off or make stand off.s of what you want to stay cool there is spun glass cloth that can take the heat ?isinglass.. mineral will work to

lizardskin is latex base and non flammable to my knowledge . but still not a good idea.

Perhaps you can just turn the pilot light flame down a tad?
I think turning them right off, may also shut off the gas flow to the entire unit. Many gas appliances have a thermo valve that shuts off automatically if the pilot goes out.