Lopi Leyden firebrick cracked...repair with furnace cement?

[zrtmatos]

Anyone have experience with repairing cracked firebrick in their stoves? I have one with the older lightweight firebrick backing and it has cracked in half from top to bottom, around where the pellets fall into the pot. Bad design I think, should have been made of steel like on the Enviro Windsor. So, I would like to know what is best to use to repair this on a Lopi Leyden which has a steel backing behind the firebrick. Thoughts?

 

[nksdad2007]

Is yours the cast iron fire brick or the ceramic they used? Could be under warranty according to this thread:

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/lopi-leyden-firebrick.90276/

 

[richkorn]

Signature says its a 2008 Leyden they are ceramic and warranty expired.

I recommend replacing them with the newer cast iron panels. They will last forever. And they are brick red...

 

[nksdad2007]

What is it called in the warranty descriptions? Mine is the cast iron which i took as the "cast fireback" which is through the seven years.

 

[richkorn]

Yeah if by fireback they mean the cast firebrick 3 panels then it looks like 7 years. But the older ceramic ones were only like 2 years or something. They replaced mine with the cast when it cracked down the middle.

 

[bbfarm]

Here is the link Smoke sent me when I asked about the same thing" https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...in-your-wood-pellet-stove.81649/#post-1044621