November 12, 2008
How to quiet noisy wood stove insert?
dsr asked:
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.
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.
Kathleen
The trick best of luck.
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.
The things that are humming rubber will work if done right and stink the steel straps and tightened properly.
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.
The blowers is going bad blower.
The blowers is going bad and causing too much vibration normally you can hear buzzing sound from bad blower.