Hunter herald 8?

[Ryan1987]

Hi all I’m new hear so please bear with me, I moved recently into a house that had a old stove in, I had never used one before but loved it when I got going and all was great until the wife shut the door and turned the catch and it snapped now obviously our doors won’t stay tightly stay shut, I did some digging and found out that it mayby an old hunter herald 8 I emailed them and they confirmed that they thought it was a pre mk1 model from before they took the company over, I’m wondering if anyone can help or point me in the right direction of getting it replaced or fixed, it is a door assembly that swivels up and down and locks at the top of the stove.

 

I have attached pictures for reference

 

any help would be greatly appreciated 

 

regards 

 

ryan

 

 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Ryan1987 said:

I have attached pictures for reference

That doesn't show much. From the look of the mechanism turning the handle should throw bolts top and bottom.

 

Easy enough fix for anyone with a bent to engineering.

 

You should say approximately where you are in case there is a competent soul nearby on the forum

[Ryan1987]

Hi yes I’m from scunthorpe, north Lincolnshire and here is another picture of inside the door

[spuddog0507]

I would say thats a very simple fix for any one with a fabrication/blacksmithing back ground, stove i would say is a Hunter herald, a log customor of mine has a Herald 12 with back boiler doing both hot water and heating and i call it a good stove,,

[Ryan1987]

Ok thanks will try to find someone local 

[Dan Maynard]

We've got a 20 ish year old Hunter Herald 6, looks similar so I believe yours could well be an 8.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

We've got a 20 ish year old Hunter Herald 6, looks similar so I believe yours could well be an 8.

So does twisting the handle throw a rod up and another down?

[Dan Maynard]

22 hours ago, openspaceman said:

So does twisting the handle throw a rod up and another down?

No, it has a simple angled plate which catches behind a bar going across the front. Guessing they put the double bolt for bigger door.

[Ryan1987]

Sorry mine hasn’t got a bottom catch bar it just threw a bolt up not down as the ash tray is at the bottom, still struggling the only thing I can think to do is use the fan type lock as in the pic above and weld/extend it so it sits behind the coal grate, would be a bodge job but at least would be working, but don’t know whether the heat would be too much for it

[Dan Maynard]

Just needs to squeeze down the door seal enough, if it's made of steel would have thought it would be fine as the door never gets that hot.

 

Have a go, if it doesn't work stop putting logs on and try something else when it's cooled down.