How to quiet noisy wood stove insert?
I have a Napoleon 1401 wood stove insert in my fireplace. Works fine, except when the blowers are running, it vibrates the steel housing and shroud and makes an obnoxious buzzing sound. I can adjust the parts that are buzzing to make it stop, but it’s only temporary — they always go back to the annoying buzzing over time.
Can anyone think of a way to deal with this? My thought was to find some rubber and strategically place it around the shroud, effectively dampening the vibration, but I am worried about the high temperature of the stove. Can I buy high temperature rubber or silicone at a home improvement store?
Any other ideas? The stove is so much more effective when the blowers are on, I’d hate to have to leave them off.
5 Responses
John4no17
06 Feb 2010
laissez
06 Feb 2010
Check with a stove store or online. There may be high-temp foam or some insert out there that will do the trick. Best of luck
Xibo
06 Feb 2010
Try inserting thin pieces of wood between any touching metal parts. If it comes back then take a trip to OSH and find some material like oven gasket that can be used.
optionnumber8
06 Feb 2010
get some steel straps and maybe be some steel clamps to queiten down the pipes and the things that are humming. rubber will burn and stink. the high temperature stuff is not high enought for a wood stove. the steel strapping will work if done right and tightened properly
emmettgolf
06 Feb 2010
Maybe one of the blowers is going bad and causing too much vibration. Normally, you can hear a buzzing sound from a bad blower.
If you have a door on your stove, you can use the same gasket material that is used to seal the door. The sell fire retarted gasket material and high temp caulkings at your local stove dealer.