engineering bricks - fireproof?

for use NEAR a fire perfectly ok

as a fire back or fire surround my head says use fire bricks

 

my head says this on the basis that fire bricks are made for the purpose

 

The engineering bricks I put at the side of my BBQ to support the grille have cracked and broken.

The conclusion I draw from that is that they are not fireproof.

 

So they are fireproof, just not very resistant to thermal cracking.

Mr pedantic - really.

 

So they are fireproof, just not very resistant to
thermal cracking.

Mr pedantic - really.




Huh. Pedantic ?


Here is your answer. ALL bricks are fireproof. NOT ALL bricks are ' thermally resistant' to cracking.



Mr. HandyAndy - really

 

Here is your answer. ALL bricks are fireproof.

Mr. HandyAndy - really

My kid's Lego bricks aren't fire proof

 

far from pedantic you were reared!

 

Here is your answer. ALL bricks are fireproof.

Mr. HandyAndy - really

My kid's Lego bricks aren't fire proof




I would suggest then, that you do not attempt to build a working barbeque with them!



Mr. HandyAndy - really

 

I hate to throw a spanner in the works, so to speak, but the bricks did catch fire, and the cracks came from me hitting them with a hammer.

Hope that helps to clear any confusion.

 

but the bricks did catch fire, and the cracks came
from me hitting them with a hammer.



don't you think a fire extinguisher would've been more suitable?

 

I hate to throw a spanner in the works, so to speak,
but the bricks did catch fire, and the cracks came
from me hitting them with a hammer.

Hope that helps to clear any confusion.



But was it the bricks burning, or the fat and barbequed food that had accumulated that was burning ?


Mr. HandyAndy - really

 

I hate to throw a spanner in the works, so to speak,
but the bricks did catch fire, and the cracks came
from me hitting them with a hammer.

Hope that helps to clear any confusion.

Ah, then they must have been Chinese bricks imported by s/fix.

 

Ah, I think you are trying to make me look stupid.

I don't cook meat on the BBQ. I only do beans. I had some BBQ beans once at KFC, and have been trying to recreate that cardboard taste on the BBQ.

I noticed last time I spooned the beans onto the grille, that the bricks supporting the grille were glowing red hot and smoking. In order to put the glowing embers out, i hit them with a hammer.

Result was broken engineering bricks, BBQ beans with a cardboard taste, and a nagging from the missus about the beans being too hot.

Now I go to Macdonalds for their spicy Mc'chicken burger and everyones happy.

Admin, please edit me today. I miss you. xx

 

:^O

 

And why do you need a spanner when doing a BBQ?

 

its in case of stray fish

 

Of course, I should have known.

 

Can I just check your not my missus in disguise?

The spanner was to open the tin of pilchards which also went on the BBQ to go on the toast from the toaster.

So how did you know it was for the fish, which when we couldn't find the tin we thought had gone (a)stray

Is it still halloween? Its all too spooky for me. My missus won a Halloween competition and she didn't even have a mask.

* Admin, your turn

 

Can I just check your not my missus in disguise?

The spanner was to open the tin of pilchards which
also went on the BBQ to go on the toast from the
toaster.

So how did you know it was for the fish, which when
we couldn't find the tin we thought had gone
(a)stray

Is it still halloween? Its all too spooky for me.
My missus won a Halloween competition and she didn't
t even have a mask.

* Admin, your turn

They wouldn't let my missus enter, they told her it was for amateurs only