Re-use Hawaii

Okay, feeling bummed out at the $5.75 per firebrick asked by Pacific Refractories, I went to this place called Re-use Hawaii which is in Kakaako, next to UH School of Medicine. I saw a craigslist ad they placed about CLAY PAVER BRICKS which I thought might do the trick...

...and well, I went there and all these clay bricks were spalling! Flaking right and left! Chips were falling off in my hands! Not good at all. So feeling even more bummed, I walked around and around looking...

...and spied this baby:

Note: In the background are the craigslist clay paver bricks and even from here you can see the spalling occurring.





WOW!!!! Firebricks, and UNUSED,  IN LIKE NEW CONDITION!!!  I picked up 24 of these cute babies @ 50 cents a piece!!! Compare that to $5.75 that Pacific Refractories wanted. Whoa!

I asked Re-use Hawaii about these bricks and seems like someone donated them, so sad to say this is a one time shot. The Re-use Hawaii guys didn't know what these bricks were or how valuable they were. It was also like God or something guiding me here to this.

From ReUse Hawaii:
Firebricks in DISGUISE AS REGULAR BRICKS, 24 each @$0.50

Total with tax: $12.57  (astounding....)