Storing BioBricks

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ValentineHill

ValentineHill

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Sep 8, 2011
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Seacoast, New Hampshire
I placed an order for a ton of BioBricks back around Dec. 10th, and the company has been dragging their feet, saying it is on back order (and meanwhile my supply of really seasoned wood has been dropping down to almost nothing). I called them this morning and they say that we are the "first on the list" and that the delivery should be in about 2 weeks.

Leaving aside my obvious frustration with how long this has taken, I got wondering this morning whether it would be even worth having the BioBricks if they arrive in mid-February. I'm not sure that I'd burn a full ton of bricks at that point in the season, and I don't know how they'd last during the year in between.

Does anyone who's used BioBricks (or ecobricks or anything like that) have any experience storing them in the off-season? How do they do? What would you do in this situation?
 
We plan on picking up a pallet of Eco bricks from TSC in the summer when they are on sale. I think we'll be putting them in the shed, since we don't have a garage or basement. I hadn't really thought much of it. I wonder what the pellet burners do? They would have a similar situation.
 
Keep them covered and elevated and they should be fine. Aren't they somewhat "shrinkwrapped?" Does the packaging have any holes in it? Pellet bags actually have a lot of small holes in them so the bags stack well on a pallet. Most pellet burners when given the choice would rather store the pellets inside but there are quite a few who leave them outside also. The key to doing that is making sure the pallet wrap is intact and in good condition.

This is a recent thread about storing pellets outdoors. There are many others.
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/88995/
 
Not sure about the biobricks, but the ecos have holes on the ends of the shrink wrap. Probably about 1" high and 3" long on each end.
 
Yeah, I'm not sure about the way the Bio's are packaged, either, since this is the 1st time I've ordered them. I reckon if they are in individual bags it should be ok, maybe in the garage. But, since I haven't ordered them before I'm not sure. Anyone here use the Bio's and care to comment?
 
Last year I was running short on cord wood so I bought some of the Envi 8 blocks to stretch my wood. They worked great. I put in 4 blocks per fire on the average and they did a nice job. I didn't try a fire with primarily blocks.
Storage. These were sealed in a plastic wrap in 3 block groups. However like pellets I would not take a chance on getting them wet, plastic wrap or not. Below ( just for reference ) are the guys that I got my blocks from and they keep all their products in a heated warehouse, look at their home page.
http://www.southshorewoodpellets.com/wood_stove_fuels__prices

Rob
 
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