Hi all, I have a wood pellet stove for heating my house and stumbled upon this site while trying to solve a problem with my stove. The pellets dropping into the firepot are very loud, and I’m also sensitive to noise and easily annoyed lol. So since it’s a clanking noise from the pellets hitting the metal firepot I’ve been attempting to line the firepot with something softer.
first attempt was using ceramic fiber board with gasket cement. Initially worked but became brittle soon and flaked off with minimal pressure.
second attempt was using ceramic fiber insulation with sodium silicate. This also worked well but only for about a day. There is one spot in the firepot, exactly where the pellets hit, that just burns away and the noise comes back
so is there something I can put over the ceramic fiber insulation to make it last longer? It says it’s rated for 2300f but in this one area it burns away
there has been no negative impact from this on the burning of the stove since I don’t cover any air holes
open to any suggestions from you fire gurus, thank you