Fire Brick Advice Please

[BlueStringPudding]

Half a fire brick fell out of my Boatman stove today. When I had a nose around inside it I noticed several others are cracked too. They're quite big heavy bricks and I don't live near enough to Northern Fabrications to get the exact same ones again. Does anyone know if there's a place that sells fire bricks that can be cut to size anywhere near Atherstone / Tamworth / Nuneaton / Coventry?

Thanks 

 

[Nightwatch]

We replaced ours from Midland Chandlers a couple of years ago. We bought not brick but another substance. Can't remember what's called. It has been brilliant,and less expensive than brick.

Thay can post as well.

[WotEver]

And if you find a building site and give the builder a drink he’ll cut them for you with his 9” grinder. 

[tree monkey]

I think the stuff we were talking about was vermiculite fire brick

[Tony Brooks]

That you can easily saw.

I bought a sheet of it and cut to suit with a jigsaw.

[Guest]

Are you close to a wilko's. 

They sell the stuff you can cut to size. Or rather the branch local to us do.

[Nightwatch]

43 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

I think the stuff we were talking about was vermiculite fire brick

That the stuff. Ours came already shaped for the stove. 

[bastion]

26 minutes ago, MJG said:

Are you close to a wilko's. 

They sell the stuff you can cut to size. Or rather the branch local to us do.

This has been said before but I can never find it. What dept is it in?

[WotEver]

2 minutes ago, bastion said:

This has been said before but I can never find it. What dept is it in?

The fire brick dept, silly. 

[bizzard]

If its the side bricks, I use ordinary Fletton house bricks in my Boatman, two each side on edge. They reduces the the grate area and save a lot of coal, but it won't be quite so hot obviousely. I don't like it too hot anyway.

Edited October 19, 2017 by bizzard

[system 4-50]

I have been told that in Warsaw many decades ago, you could find people on street corners late at night who would offer to sell you a brick. If you declined, they gave it to you for free!

[X Alan W]

During WW2 I was dispatched to my Great gandads/ma's  as they lived way out in the sticks & we lived near to derby & the Luftwaffe were trying to bomb the Rolls Royce factory' s in the winter bicks were put in the oven & heated by the fire just before  bed time the bricks were taken from the oven wrapped in a pieces of old  blanket & 2/3put into the bed at shoulder hip & foot pos ition 1/2 hr later the bricks were taken out 1 i hopped into a nice warm bed, they also had a glazed terra cotta loaf shaped container filled with sand that was heated in the oven.

[Dave Payne]

14 hours ago, BlueStringPudding said:

Half a fire brick fell out of my Boatman stove today. When I had a nose around inside it I noticed several others are cracked too. They're quite big heavy bricks and I don't live near enough to Northern Fabrications to get the exact same ones again. Does anyone know if there's a place that sells fire bricks that can be cut to size anywhere near Atherstone / Tamworth / Nuneaton / Coventry?

Thanks 

 

There is a stove shop up at Hoar park, about 20 minute drive from Monkeys mooring if you are there.

http://www.hoar-park.co.uk/

http://www.thewoodburnercompany.co.uk/

Or central stoves down in Nuneaton.

http://www.centralstoves.co.uk/

Not sure if i have ever seen one in Atherstone, but Tamworth would be wroth a google.

[Psycloud]

13 hours ago, bastion said:

This has been said before but I can never find it. What dept is it in?

If you use eBay there's loads on there.

[Nightwatch]

I would,and did, keep it simple. Just buy some ready madeoshape and hey ho! Issue solved.

[Guest]

15 hours ago, bastion said:

This has been said before but I can never find it. What dept is it in?

Perhaps only certain branches stock it?

I haven't looked for it for a few years but last time I needed some the branch in Castleford (where we were moored at the time) had some.

[BlueStringPudding]

Thanks everyone. I remember seeing fire brick in a Wilko's somewhere once but they were very different size, weight and depth to what I have in my stove. Much thinner, smaller and lighter. I don't know if that matters. 

Will check out Midland Swindlers too. Thanks again.

[smileypete]

Maybe try repairing the existing with some fire cement if they're not too broken? ISTR that Wilkos may do a tub for a few quid...

ETA: according to Mr Google it's not such a crazy idea:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=repair+bricks+with+fire+cement

Edited October 21, 2017 by smileypete