Quick question re: woodburning stove thingy

[vladcjelli]

Just giving my fireplace/stove a clean ready for winter, and the stuff inside the firebox is cracked and broken.

I say stuff, because I don't know what it is called. It's a bit like sandstone, but very light like polystyrene. It's some kind of thermal insulation I suppose to stop the heat from the fire radiating uselessly into the surrounding walls.

If I want to buy a new set (3 sides of the firebox) of this stuff, what do I google?

No idea what model fireplace I have, it was here when we moved in, so not sure where to start.

Any ideas?

[herewego]

Fire bricks. You could take them out, measure them, photograph them and the stove and try a few places like this to get a new one.
http://www.stovespares.co.uk/custom-cut-fire-brick...

Edited by herewego on Sunday 6th November 12:16

[saleen836]

Vermiculite is what the fire bricks are made from.

You can cut your own or get made to measure...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIRE-BRICK-WOODBURNING-S...

HTH

[vladcjelli]

That's the lad, vermiculite fire bricks.

Cheers fellas, will get it sorted.

[weeowen]

Are those prices for real

I used to work for a fire engineer many years back & Vicuclad was the cheapest board option for steelwork on the market at the time (late 80's)

You might be as well to google for Structural Fire Protection & just buy a board off one.Plus mastic/glue if needed.

Link to installed prices,a bit out of date but shows how cheap it is:http://www.civl.port.ac.uk/britishsteel/media/Economics/Elemental%20Rates.html

[zaphod42]

weeowen said:

Are those prices for real

I used to work for a fire engineer many years back & Vicuclad was the cheapest board option for steelwork on the market at the time (late 80's)

You might be as well to google for Structural Fire Protection & just buy a board off one.Plus mastic/glue if needed.

Link to installed prices,a bit out of date but shows how cheap it is:http://www.civl.port.ac.uk/britishsteel/media/Economics/Elemental%20Rates.html

Well, shows how cheap it was 16 years ago anyway...

[fatboy b]

Make sure they aren't cracked all the way through. I bought some replacements for our stove. Took the old ones out to fit new ones and the crack only went halfway through. Replaced them anyway,but wasn't totally necessary.

[vladcjelli]

fatboy b said:

Make sure they aren't cracked all the way through. I bought some replacements for our stove. Took the old ones out to fit new ones and the crack only went halfway through. Replaced them anyway,but wasn't totally necessary.

Nah, mine are totally sh@gged. The back section is in four pieces. The left hand one is in two bits. The one on the right is okay, but I will probably knacker it up by pulling the fire to bits to replace the other two sides.

Spoke to two local fireplace supply shops locally today. First one only stocked sections for specific brands of stove.

Second one quoted £60 for a sheet 60cm x 100cm. Sharp intake of breath, but he said to bring my measurements/a template, and he would cut them out of a sheet, and only charge me for what was used. Probably about £20 he reckoned.

Seems fair?