Firebricks - clay or vermiculite?

[Alycidon]

The original Morso boards are vermiculite, sold a set for a Squirrel today.

 

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[richardwale]

I buy the vermiculite boards of the Internet and use the old ones as a rough template. Very simple to cut and fit.

[Macpherson]

11 hours ago, Alycidon said:

The original Morso boards are vermiculite, sold a set for a Squirrel today.

 

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They must have changed then, my squirrel has fire clay...it's about 10 years old.

I'm still on the originals, although the two side ones have a crack they still do the job........I see on ebay I can get a full set of clay bricks for £37 or vermiculite replacements for £31.....it would seem that the clay ones are a better buy bearing in mind the difference in service life quoted buy others.

[Stubby]

4 hours ago, richardwale said:

I buy the vermiculite boards of the Internet and use the old ones as a rough template. Very simple to cut and fit.

I  made drawings with dimensions  for mine . Filed them away . Get them out when I need them to order new .

Edited November 18, 2018 by Stubby

[openspaceman]

4 hours ago, Stubby said:

I  made drawings with dimensions  for mine . Filed them away . Get them out when I need them to order new .

Now you said that I wish I had done the same

[aesmith]

Can I ask where you guys get your vermiculite board?   Just a quick check suggested it wouldn't be a big saving over buying ready made bricks, unless maybe getting a really big sheet.  But if I only need a set of bricks every 10 years or so that doesn't make much sense.

[woodrascal]

There's lots of teams doing them on Ebay. I buy the big sheets (I've got six stoves...) but you can get any size you need.

 

Here's a link to one supplier : Vermiculite Fireboard

 

[BowlandStoves]

Hi @Steven P

 

Just wondering what you use instead of vermiculite - or do you use vermiculite?

[aesmith]

On 20/11/2018 at 11:45, woodrascal said:

There's lots of teams doing them on Ebay. I buy the big sheets (I've got six stoves...) but you can get any size you need.

 

Here's a link to one supplier : Vermiculite Fireboard

 

Thanks.  I can't make sense of that particular supplier who doesn't seem to list standard sizes.  Looking at others I found what I suspected, there's no saving in buying a sheet big enough for one set, but worthwhile if I want to make two sets.   I also need to check our other stove (Esse 100), maybe a sheet big enough to make a set for each stove would be economical.