When is the time to change the bricks ?

[Dmitry]

It's been 10 years. The bricks cracked but still standing. Are there any benefits to replacing them?

 

[begreen]

The main benefit is when they start falling apart into the fire. One option would be to swap out some floor bricks with them. The cracks are less likely to be an issue there.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

I’d just put some new ones in in place of the cracked ones. Simple and cheap enough

 

[Dmitry]

I’d just put some new ones in in place of the cracked ones. Simple and cheap enough

Where do you get them? I see you are in CT as well.

 

[Highbeam]

I went through and replaced my damaged bricks. They are cheap and I didn't want a cracked brick to fall into the fire during the winter and create a "must fix now" situation.

 

[Ctwoodtick]

Where do you get them? I see you are in CT as well.

I’ve seen firebricks for sale at Lowes

 

[HammerheadC4]

I just replaced all the fire bricks in my NC-30 a couple weeks ago.
The stove is ten years old also.
I got my bricks at Tractor Supply.
The bricks in the stove were 4x9, the new bricks were 4 1/2x9
I did not cut every brick to 4 inches, I just cut the last one.
Being a retired Contractor, I happened to have a wet tile saw....it made the job pretty easy.
I thought only a few were cracked, but upon removing all of them I was surprised how bad many of them where.
Also replaced the Glass gasket and the Door gasket. Baffles get replaced every 2-3 years.
It's like a new stove now.

 

[all night moe]

Are there any benefits to replacing them?

Peace of mind.....

 

[brenndatomu]

FYI, firebrick is very easy to dry cut using a $15-20 diamond blade on a 4" angle grinder...those blades are available at any hardware. Wet cutting is less dusty though...no big deal, just cut outside and wear a dust mask, as most aggregate dust is bad to inhale.

 

[wildbill7145]

I'm trying to find the exact size of the bricks I'm supposed to use for our woodstove. It's an Enerzone Model 2504, 1.8 solution. Some of the standing bricks are cracked, and some of the horizontals are looking a little cracked and bulging up more than others. After 15 years I'd guess that's to be expected. I've gone to the Enerzone website, but it appears they've discontinued that model and now they don't even have the user manual online.

I've got everything I need to cut them (angle grinder, diamond blades, etc.), just want to cut them to the right size. Some online resources I found mentioned mortaring and adhesives during installation which I'd never heard of before. I don't seem to remember the WETT certified installer using anything like that when he put the thing together.

 

[begreen]

I'm trying to find the exact size of the bricks I'm supposed to use for our woodstove. It's an Enerzone Model 2504, 1.8 solution. Some of the standing bricks are cracked, and some of the horizontals are looking a little cracked and bulging up more than others. After 15 years I'd guess that's to be expected. I've gone to the Enerzone website, but it appears they've discontinued that model and now they don't even have the user manual online.

I've got everything I need to cut them (angle grinder, diamond blades, etc.), just want to cut them to the right size. Some online resources I found mentioned mortaring and adhesives during installation which I'd never heard of before. I don't seem to remember the WETT certified installer using anything like that when he put the thing together.

4.5" x 9" x 1.25" is what I see in the insert manual. Are the bricks hard and smooth surfaced or light and rough surfaced?

 

[wildbill7145]

Hey thanks Begreen! Smooth surfaced. Just took a look in the firebox and they're actually in worse shape than I remembered when we last used the stove in the spring. I'm definitely gonna change them all pretty soon.

Where'd you find the manual for this thing. Even Google didn't like the model 2504 which I found on the sticker on the back of the thing.

 

[begreen]

The model number is what doesn't jibe. I've had the insert version of the manual filed from around 2016. The 2018 manual for the Solution 1.8 is here:

https://files.enerzone-intl.com/upload/documents/manuels/45189A_05-07-2018.pdf

Is this your stove?

 

[wildbill7145]

It looks exactly like it from the picture for sure. Yeah, when I went on the Enerzone website all of the model numbers looked completely different from ours. At one point I did have the link to the pdf user manual, but when they discontinued it they removed the manual from their site which sucks. We had ours installed in 2009.
I just started reading about the different types of fire bricks (pummice, etc.) so now I have an idea about what you were asking about in terms of whether they were light and rough surfaced or smooth. I was gonna start pulling a couple out to check them for weight, but my wife just vacuumed and I got "the look".
These are the ones I think I need to get from the dimensions you gave me and they're readily available in the small town where we live.

SBI Replacement Firebrick | Home Hardware

Get the SBI Replacement Firebrick - 9" x 4-1/2" x 1-1/4" at your local Home Hardware store. View online and pick-up in store.

www.homehardware.ca

 

[wildbill7145]

From the layout diagram on page 40 most of the 4.5"X9" are all gonna need to be trimmed to 4"X8" to fit the specs. That's gonna be a lot of cutting. Glad I'm finally gonna have a use for the bulk pack of diamond wheels I got for my angle grinder years ago. Also glad I've got a full face shield respirator I bought years ago that I've never used. lol.

 

[Winterpeger]

My HHardwear has "SBI Replacement Firebrick - 4" x 8-1/8" x 1-1/4" in stock. Close match?

 

[PaulOinMA]

FYI, firebrick is very easy to dry cut using a $15-20 diamond blade on a 4" angle grinder...those blades are available at any hardware.

Thanks! Very easy. Cleaned my liner yesterday. The cut brick in the top baffle above the tubes broke. Supposedly 2 3/16" according to the owner's manual. Never looked closely at it before. Cut at an angle. One end thinner than the other.

Already had additional bricks in the garage. Cut even easier than I expected. Thanks again!