Burning my first batch of Envi Blocks. Where's the heat?

[Veracity]

Just testing out my first batch of Envi Blocks today.

They're the larger blocks, not the smaller Envi 8 ones.

Here's the thing......they flame up beautifully, but I just don't seem to be getting the same heat from them as I do from regular wood.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

 

[Babaganoosh]

I bought approximately 20 packs from tractor supply of their house brand. They weight about 7 to 8 pounds each. They put out a lot of heat in my opinion. You have to play around with how you stack them in the stove. How many are you using at once?

 

[bholler]

i have used envi blocks and found that they gave off lots of heat to What stove are you using?

 

[Veracity]

Lopi flush wood burning hybrid fyre insert.

 

[begreen]

Tell us a bit more about how many blocks you are burning and how you are loading the stove?

 

[Veracity]

Tell us a bit more about how many blocks you are burning and how you are loading the stove?

Right.

As per a video I saw on YouTube, I put two NS...about six inches apart...and one on top EW. They lit off beautifully, but the heat was just not there.

The Youtube video used the smaller Envi 8 blocks, so I widened the spacing between the two NS blocks from what was shown in the video.

 

[Veracity]

Just to add something....

I just put two splits on the fire and the heat coming off it NOW is the norm. The three Envi Blocks just didn't give me the same heat....even blazing away at their peak.

 

[brad wilton]

i've been trying different ecologs and have found them lacking in burn time and heat output.i plan on sticking with wood

 

[prezes13]

I don't know about envi blocks, I am using Eco Bricks they are roughly 10"x3"x3.5" I have to put at least four of them mixed with wood to get some serious heat out of them. Three bricks on their own wouldn't do anything for me. I think I would have to put at least 6-8 to get heat if I was using just the bricks.

 

[Treacherous]

If you get a chance these will burn very hot in your Lopi. They probably are hard to come by back east though.

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[skysong]

I use eco bricks....but 4 stacked in the way you mentioned and get 450 F...if I add another on top, it goes to 550 F. I also like to mix with wood....2 bricks with 2 bigger splits goes to 600+ F. Go slow, adding 1 at a time and find how it works in your stove... Bricks stacked with no air spaces in between burn differently....maybe someone here has pursued that experiment. I burn 4 or 5 to get a nice even heat in a room I don't want to overheat and mix them with wood in the other stove to conserve on the amount of wood we have to process and move. They take up half the space and are delivered to my garage. They are slightly more than wood here. So we use them for the convenience and repeatability and ease in lighting...lean a firestarter next to a brick and light it or on coals they light right up.