Dealing With an Old Asbestos Rope Fireplace Gasket
If you've just moved into an older home or inherited a vintage wood-burning stove, you might be staring at a frayed seal and wondering if you have an asbestos rope fireplace gasket on your hands. It's one of those things that usually goes unnoticed for years until the door starts leaking smoke or the seal begins to crumble. For a long time, asbestos was the "gold standard" for anything involving high heat, so it's incredibly common to find it in stoves and fireplaces built before the late 1980s. ...