Brick back-splash in stove, is it necessary?

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FireBurn

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Dec 19, 2009
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Upstate, NY
As I was cleaning out my Lancaster today the brick back-splash disintegrated in my hands. The stove store near me is closed now. Is it necessary to have that in to run the stove (like does it mess with the vacuum) or is it just a pretty thing that is not necessary?
 
The brick is in many cases a heat insulator pad.

I would certainly replace it with, at the least, a similar product.

Snowy
 
FireBurn said:
As I was cleaning out my Lancaster today the brick back-splash disintegrated in my hands. The stove store near me is closed now. Is it necessary to have that in to run the stove (like does it mess with the vacuum) or is it just a pretty thing that is not necessary?

I burn a St. Croix Auburn, and the same thing happened to me last year. I asked my dealer about burning without the brick, he said no problem, and I burned the rest of the year without it, no noticeable difference. I replaced the firebrick with the steel "brick" this year, as I don't think they offer the fire brick any longer (at least my dealer doesn't). $80- for my replacement.
 
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