we purchased these fire bricks having researched them. We bought 2400 and if we had them going all day, would use about 9. They are made from compressed sawdust. Found they handle the heat well and not getting so hot as timber. Easy to store and carry.
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A pleasant day making a slideshow of my photos of our time away for the other members of our travel escape.
@Dawn Its difficult to compare - the bricks are delivered and in stacks. The firewood has to be cut, delivered, stacked etc. I think the bricks are so easy, John's doing a spreadsheet of course so we will find out!
A friend of ours has a woodshop where he makes stair treads. He started having someone make these from the oak sawdust he uses to make the treads. He gave a few to try in our fireplace but they didn't do very well. I am guessing they do better in wood burners like yours that the air getting to the bricks is more restricted. Even with shutting the glass doors on the front of our fireplace the bricks more or less smoldered than burned.
