A bunch of questions about the often unappreciated fire brick.
What is a good metric to decide whether a fire brick needs to be replaced?
They appear to perform a rather mundane but important task, protecting the back of the stove (especially the hopper) from excessive heat. However, I notice that as they begin to wear, there is a larger gap (although very very small) between the bricks as they are positioned than when they were new.
Is there a way to measure their effectiveness? Obviously in my case they're doing a fine job right now, but if excessive heat were beginning to get through, it would be nice to know well before a problem occurs.
Hypothetical question (I'm not going to try this).........would the stove know the fire bricks were missing or defective via a temperature anomaly (maybe too hot in the hopper or too cold in the firebox area), and execute a shut down in the process?
Do fire bricks have ratings and are they different between stoves, or are they a very cheap replacement item (not stove specific and readily available)?
What is a good metric to decide whether a fire brick needs to be replaced?
They appear to perform a rather mundane but important task, protecting the back of the stove (especially the hopper) from excessive heat. However, I notice that as they begin to wear, there is a larger gap (although very very small) between the bricks as they are positioned than when they were new.
Is there a way to measure their effectiveness? Obviously in my case they're doing a fine job right now, but if excessive heat were beginning to get through, it would be nice to know well before a problem occurs.
Hypothetical question (I'm not going to try this).........would the stove know the fire bricks were missing or defective via a temperature anomaly (maybe too hot in the hopper or too cold in the firebox area), and execute a shut down in the process?
Do fire bricks have ratings and are they different between stoves, or are they a very cheap replacement item (not stove specific and readily available)?
