Good Enough Fire Brick?
- jpete
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Looking to change a few bricks in my Mk II and saw these at Tractor Supply while buying coal there. Anyone have any experience with them?
The description claims they are OK for coal.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/united-stat ... 5#desc-tab
The description claims they are OK for coal.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/united-stat ... 5#desc-tab
- michaelanthony
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Like the description says they're ok for coal, not the best but I use them the store is close and they are some what sacrificial.
- jpete
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For three bucks a piece, I hardly seems worth it to make my own. I have been repairing my broken bricks with furnace cement but even that seems pointless at this price.
- davidmcbeth3
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$3/ea is a little high for a brick ... IMO
- freetown fred
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Indeed!!! I got those TSC bricks 5 yrs ago to replace all mine in the HITZER & they are still in primo condition:) I had to cut one for my front row. I believe the person that made their own was due to the weird shapes he needed for his stove. $3.00 per is a real good price considering time, materials, etc.
jpete wrote:For three bucks a piece, I hardly seems worth it to make my own. I have been repairing my broken bricks with furnace cement but even that seems pointless at this price.
- SWPaDon
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Those are the bricks that came with the Clayton furnace that I purchased from Tractor Supply. Those are the bricks that I replace every year. I always keep spares on hand because they break often.
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Might want to call your local lumber yard to see if they stock " firebrick splits" as that's what they are called. I just paid $ 1.75 ea at our local Williams Lumber. As for them cracking, I "think" it's more to do with the expansion of the stove; as I double stacked the Harman with different brick than original, and most all cracked.
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- lsayre
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Here's a place where you can buy them online for $1.88 (plus shipping). They also have "Super Duty" firebricks at $4.41 per each.
http://www.indfirebrick.com/hard-fire-brick.html
http://www.indfirebrick.com/hard-fire-brick.html
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Larry, very interesting post. I have never heard of super duty bricks. Would be very interesting to see how they hold up compared to the standard ones. However too rich for my blood. Jim
- hotblast1357
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Don't buy from here unless you have deep pockets and lots to waste! I ordered 10 firebrick from them over the summer for 44 and some change, then two days later they charged my paypal an additional 68$ for shipping! I called and cancelled immediately, there excuse was that there website was not working correctly and that's why it didn't inform me of the shipping cost, which I believe to be b.s.lsayre wrote:Here's a place where you can buy them online for $1.88 (plus shipping). They also have "Super Duty" firebricks at $4.41 per each.
http://www.indfirebrick.com/hard-fire-brick.html