Sheet metal also protects walls from damage from heat.
Building brick wall behind wood stove.
Dwarf stove with currogated metal shield.
Build the wall high enough to cradle the piping then finish constructing the wall around it.
It is a common problem.
Brick by brick masonry and clay bricks are suitable as surround materials for wood burning stoves.
Brick or stone provide little or no protection for a combustible wall since they are good conductors of heat.
The wall behind the wood stove becomes too hot which can damage the wall or even burn it.
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.
Install the cement underlayment on the walls and floor in the location where the stove will be installed.
Natural flat stone to build back wall.
If the stove ventilation pipe will run through the stone veneer wall measure the size for the hole.
A stacked stone style wall behind her wood stove.
Pre drill holes in the underlayment and screw it down to the existing flooring and wall covering.
Masonry bricks are made from concrete and can be used to protect the wall and the floor by.
Install the board by securing it to wall studs with aluminum roofing nails.
Purchase a sheet of foil covered fiberglass duct board and cut it to fit the wall.
Removing it from the wall behind the wood stove allows you to install cement backerboard instead.
Finish the surface with heat resistant paint.
The solution of replacing the back wall with a heat resistant material such as heat resistant stones is often cumbersome and not always beautiful.
Circulating air will cool the panel and wall behind it figure 1.
Cut right through the drywall using a drywall saw.
By far the most effective heat shields are the air cooled type.