Building Brick Wall Behind Wood Stove
A stacked stone style wall behind her wood stove.
Building brick wall behind wood stove. Cut right through the drywall using a drywall saw. Install the cement underlayment on the walls and floor in the location where the stove will be installed. At least 36 inches of clearance must be allowed between the top of a stove and an unprotected ceiling. Brick by brick masonry and clay bricks are suitable as surround materials for wood burning stoves.
By far the most effective heat shields are the air cooled type. Purchase a sheet of foil covered fiberglass duct board and cut it to fit the wall. 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.
Natural flat stone to build back wall. Build the wall high enough to cradle the piping then finish constructing the wall around it. The wall behind the wood stove becomes too hot which can damage the wall or even burn it. Pre drill holes in the underlayment and screw it down to the existing flooring and wall covering.
Sheet metal also protects walls from damage from heat. Brick or stone provide little or no protection for a combustible wall since they are good conductors of heat. Remove all the drywall from any wall that comes. If the stove ventilation pipe will run through the stone veneer wall measure the size for the hole.
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. 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. Ceramic tile offers an attractive and protective wall finish behind a wood stove.
Removing it from the wall behind the wood stove allows you to install cement backerboard instead.