Brickwork or stone behind a stove do not provide any reduction as brick or stone transfer heat.
Sheet metal wood stove heat shield.
Bare wood or sheetrock walls around a wood stove are fire hazards.
By far the most effective heat shields are the air cooled type.
This type of heat shield will allow you to place the wood stove as close as 12 inches to the wall.
Installing a sheet metal shield can reduce clearances by 67.
The shield needs to be at least an inch from the wall and an inch off the floor and mechanically fastened.
A fire resistant wall shield is necessary to eliminate the threat of fire.
The tan ceramic tile heat shield behind the woodstove and its flue in this photo was constructed by the author df in 1990 by bonding ceramic tile to a factory made fireproof heat shield board consisting of metal covering a fireproof cement board.
Generally the heat shield must extend a minimum of 20 inches beyond each side of the wood stove and 20 inches above it.
I ve installed it behind my new wood stove to 1 protect the wall behind it and 2 reflect the heat back into the room.
A brick stone or tile heat shield is.
If you are going to construct your own heat shield you should make it from at least 28 gauge sheet metal according to the national ag safety database.
These shields are constructed with a sheet of 24 gauge or thicker sheet metal or 1 2 or thicker cement board with 1 of air space behind the shield and around the perimeter to allow free air flow.
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Attach a concrete backer board that is a minimum of 3 4 inch thick to the spacers.
Wood stove heat shield ideas video installing a proper sheet metal shield behind a wood stove can reduce clearances by up to 66 in canada check your local code in your country.
Hi i have a 40 x60 26 gauge piece of sheet metal that i purchased from a machine shop in town.
The wood stove heats up the metal and the metal spreads this heat over its entire surface area so that circulating air can keep everything sufficiently cool.
Heat shield specifications for wood stoves pellet stoves.
It is conventional to install wall shields over fire resistant wall spacers.
Dwarf stove with currogated metal shield.
Specific requirements for heat shielding your stove may require more than one piece of concrete backer board to meet the required dimensions.