replacment fire bricks weigh a lot more than bricks removed from stove... normal?

[par0thead151]

I assume it is just the moisture and other things burned out of the bricks when they are used in the stove?
or do different style of bricks weigh differently?

 

[ddddddden]

There are a few different types of brick material. I think one type is pumice or similar. Maybe that's what the original bricks are made of. . .

 

[begreen]

On page 21 of the manual it specifies:

When replacing bricks, use only pumas (sic) type fire bricks.

 

[branchburner]

Yeah, lighter ones are generally insulating bricks (like in kilns) and heavier ones add thermal mass - they hold and conduct more heat rather than just acting as insulation. Did you buy the actual branded replacement bricks, or just generic ones?

 

[raybonz]

On page 21 of the manual it specifies:

When replacing bricks, use only pumas (sic) type fire bricks.

BG the manual I downloaded from PE makes no mention of brick type just sizes used.. Perhaps they changed this?

Ray

 

[tfdchief]

My Hampton H200 has vermiculite side brick. Manual doesn't say what the bottom ones are.

 

[begreen]

On page 21 of the manual it specifies:

When replacing bricks, use only pumas (sic) type fire bricks.

BG the manual I downloaded from PE makes no mention of brick type just sizes used.. Perhaps they changed this?

Ray

Yes, that statement was from the Enviro manual. PE uses pumice bricks also.