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  1. Oregon Fire
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    Biobricks not good for wood stoves, my review

    I use "bear bricks" - same as eco-bricks but made here in Oregon by Bear Mountain Forest Products. This year they have been on sale repeatedly for...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Nov 16, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    How Practical Is Primary Heating with Manufactured Firelogs?

    Coastal Farm Supply (located in gresham and cornelius, oregon) has bear bricks on sale for $199 a ton. At that price, the bear bricks is competitive...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Nov 2, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  3. Oregon Fire
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    The pics wouldn't show until I grabbed and pasted the URLs to another window by using "Quote". I think your math is a bit off. The flats look to...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 5, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
  4. Oregon Fire
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    It's been a while since I posted this review. I thought I would stop back and give another update after burning through 2 tons last year. I just...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 5, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
  5. Oregon Fire
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    Best wood insert

    My opinion and my opinion only, my first choices would be : For a formal area where a classic look is important : Jotul (450 or 550) For...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, May 3, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. Oregon Fire
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    Burn in Jotul 450

    You can run the stove up to 650-ish to get more heat output. The stove can be mounted either flush or 4" out. One thing that I am doing...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Dec 22, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. Oregon Fire
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    Burn in Jotul 450

    Get a rutland stove thermometer so you can tell what is going on. Don't turn on the fan until you hit 400 degrees. Why do you keep going down...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Dec 20, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. Oregon Fire
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    Hardly no heat coming from those bricks and burning them up like newspaper practically

    I spoke to the bear mountain forest products rep via e-mail prior to purchasing the product so that I could "pencil it out" and make sure it...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. Oregon Fire
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    Hardly no heat coming from those bricks and burning them up like newspaper practically

    Fuel is fuel - this fuel (bear bricks or eco-bricks, etc.) is very very dry. This means less steam and less draft. So, relative to cord wood, more...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. Oregon Fire
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    Hardly no heat coming from those bricks and burning them up like newspaper practically

    Haven't check in a quite a while. I have been through almost a ton of the bear bricks now and really like them. In fact, I quit burning the cord...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. Oregon Fire
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    My Jotul insert is relatively small - I wouldn't put more than 11 or 12 in mine at a time. I would start slowly and figure out how your...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Oct 5, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
  12. Oregon Fire
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    Circulating Air - could use advice

    I am going with a furnace fan timer. I need to look around a little more - but here is one... www.bearmountaindesign.com This unit defaults to...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 30, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  13. Oregon Fire
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    Jotul C 450 Kennebec Insert - Does anyone have one with cabinet extened out on the hearth?

    I have a rutland magnetic stick on stove thermometer on the top of the firebox. You might want to get the same - I picked this tip up from another...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 26, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. Oregon Fire
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    Jotul C 450 Kennebec Insert - Does anyone have one with cabinet extened out on the hearth?

    Nice pics. Would you mind taking another one showing the extension with the doors closed? Do you have a fan on it? I thought they were "not...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 26, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  15. Oregon Fire
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    I would pass at $330 per ton too, but that's not what they cost here in Portland. And free is definitely a price you can't beat. That...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 18, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    They say 1 ton is equal to 1 cord of wood - penciling it out - it works out to about 16 Million BTUs per ton. Which is about the same as a...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 17, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    Took some photos after I got done stacking them.. Here is a pic of the bear brick packaging next to a can of coke to show size... [img] And...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 17, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Jotul C 450 Kennebec Insert - Does anyone have one with cabinet extened out on the hearth?

    I currently have my jotul c450 installed all the way in - there is a housing that surrounds the stove itself - so when you pull the stove out - I am...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 17, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Quick Review : Bear Mountain "Bear Bricks".

    I had listed "availability" as a disadvantage above because employees at Coastal Farm Supply told me they would no longer carry them. I got the...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: The Wood Shed
  20. Oregon Fire
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    Pacific Energy Med Insert: To use outside air or not?

    I have read that canada is considering changing their code requirements in regard to outside air supply in fireplaces and wood stoves. It...
    Post by: Oregon Fire, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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