Thanks for all of your reply's.I get that, as with very dry or soft wood, the bricks have more of a tendency to over-fire, and I need to be smart when using them. My background: I almost bought a Hearthstone this week, and found that using the bricks voids the warranty. Since I haven't bought a stove yet, and I know that I'll be using the bricks some. What manufacturers allow the burning of the bricks? If I'm going to spend thousands on a new stove, I might as well get one that I won't immediately void the warranty. wkpoor: you mention the Elm and I found this
on their site:
An Elm is also not designed to burn wood pellets, corn, compressed grass or any other manufactured solid fuels." Iassume that the bricks are a no no. I put an email in to them to see if it voids the warranty. I live in Northeast Ohio, and have a 1450 sq ft two story home. Ideally I want to be able to heat with wood, but we don't need to. I want a stove rather than insert, so that we can cook on it. Thanks again.