| If it's time to replace the firebrick in your wood | | | | firebox and distribute an even comfortable heat |
| stove or fireplace you may be tempted to just | | | | into your room, even up to 12 hours after the |
| buy standard firebrick. Before you do that you | | | | fire has gone out. This can help the problem with |
| may want to consider soapstone firebrick. | | | | wood heat where one minute it's too hot and the |
| Soapstone is not only a beautiful stone used for | | | | next it's too cold. |
| carving and sculptures. It also has physical and | | | | A soapstone lined firebox reaches higher |
| chemical properties that make it a superior lining | | | | temperatures which produces a cleaner and more |
| for a fireplace or wood stove firebox. Soapstone | | | | complete burn. Since the wood burns more |
| is very heat resistant and it will absorb a large | | | | completely you will end up with more heat from |
| amount of heat and radiate it into your room long | | | | less wood and less smoke and pollution going out |
| after the fire has died. | | | | your chimney. |
| Soapstone forms deep within the earth under | | | | Some stove manufacturers are making stoves |
| intense heat and pressure. It is non porous and | | | | that are made from large slabs of soapstone. |
| very heat resistant. It maintains it's strength and | | | | Soapstone stoves are not only great for heating |
| stability even under the extreme temperatures in | | | | they are also beautiful with their polished |
| a firebox. It's also chemically inert so it will not be | | | | soapstone surfaces. |
| effected or break down from the chemicals in | | | | Instead of replacing your stove you can get |
| ash and creosote. Standard firebrick is usually | | | | soapstone firebricks to line your existing wood |
| made out is a ceramic or clay and they do break | | | | stove or fireplace. You can also get soapstone |
| down over time with intense heat. | | | | slabs to put on top of your stove or pieces to |
| Soapstone is well known for it's ability to absorb | | | | put under a fireplace grate. Either way it's a good |
| large amounts of heat. This dense rock will act as | | | | way to get better performance out of your |
| a heat reservoir and absorb the heat from your | | | | existing stove or fireplace. |