Paper Pulp Fire Bricks

I may or may not be a mild perfectionist with some slight ocd leanings so just randomly drilling holes does not sit well with me so i used a carpenter s square to.

Paper pulp fire bricks. To test how well the paper pulp fire brick burned you can see that i opted for a nice solid bed of coals but other than the charcoal there are no other logs or wood burning with the brick. The first thing you will need to do to create your paper pulp fire brick is to turn one of the buckets into a giant strainer. Never underestimate the warmth and efficiency of a paper brick made this way. Nov 12 2014 using a few cheap items you can make your own paper pulp fire bricks to burn in your fireplace over the winter.

To do that you will need to drill a bunch of holes. Briquettes serve as an alternative to firewood in the winter or you can use them in a survival situation to cook and stay warm. Burn one or two bricks at a time with your vent almost closed and. You don t need to fill a wood burning stove with paper bricks the way you d stuff it with sheets of newspaper.

With a paper pulp recipe and a simple homemade press you can create a paper briquette in minutes. The underside of the fire brick caught fire within a matter of seconds and flared up but then settled into a nice burn.