Napoleon 1900 Fire bricks missing in stove

[mrselfreliance]

So I just noticed there was no firebricks on the back wall of my Napoleon 1900 wood stove....  Called around and going to get replacement bricks this morning.  I had the stove WET certified when I bought the house.  Odd that they didn't pick that up.  And I'm a little disappointed that I only noticed 3 months later....

[mrselfreliance]

Ok, question.  I've noticed that I have bricks instead of baffles.  From my research that's fine. 

My question is that they had two bricks in the very back stacked on top of each other by the flu?  Is that normal?  Or should I just do 1 layer of bricks for the baffle and leave min 1" space in the front?

[Glenn]

I have a napolean wood stove as well.  If you look in the manual it shoes a diagram of how the bricks are placed.  If you don't have a manual they are available on the napoleon site.

[mrselfreliance]

Yea, I have the PDF. But I'm putting bricks instead o baffles.  I went with the layer of bricks and it works great.

[Glenn]

If you aren't using the baffles in the center whats holding the bricks up?

[mrselfreliance]

The weight of the bricks on top.