Comments on: Tile and a Woodstove /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/ Come watch the fun! Bring tools! We'll find a place for you to lend a hand. Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 By: matt /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/#comment-221 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:41:41 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/house/?p=238#comment-221 We have a Harman Oakwood stove.

]]> By: Tom /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/#comment-220 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:39:16 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/house/?p=238#comment-220 Thanks, that helps. If I may, what is the stove manufacturer you used?

]]> By: matt /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/#comment-219 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:11:32 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/house/?p=238#comment-219 Tom, originally we had planned to put against an outside wall on the opposite side of the room (that’s where it was in our plans) however after getting the building up and talking to the local stove distributor we decided to move it as it will heat better and be a more straightforward installation with less impact on the usable space. I spoke with our inspector before the install and he said that as long as it is installed according to the manufacturer’s recommendations we were ok to move it.

I’m relying on the distributor to know how close we can put it to the wall and, as they did the installation they’ll have to deal with the situation if we have to move it.

The reason we can put it so close is a combination of things:

  1. There is an extra heat shield on the back of the stove. This is an accessory that was added before it was placed and reduces the clearances somewhat.
  2. The wall behind the stove has an air gap with a vent at the bottom and a vent at 4 feet. This air gap with the vents provides a place for the hot air behind the stove to circulate. There’s less heat buildup on the wall because convection moves the hot air away and draws in cooler air at the bottom. According to the installers, this feature reduces clearances by 66%.

The wall behind, moving from the stairs out is:

  1. stick framed 2×4
  2. 3/8″ OSB for stiffness
  3. 1/2″ drywall
  4. 2″ square blocks of 1/2″ backerboard stacked to create a 1″ air gap
  5. 1/2″ backerboard to mount tile on.
  6. mortar
  7. slate tile
]]> By: Tom /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/#comment-218 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:04:55 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/house/?p=238#comment-218 I was planning on a similar wood stove placement (in the “L” of the staairs) but changed to zero clearance insert due to minimum wall clearance specs from stove mfg. which caused the stove to stick too far out in the room. How did you get away wth putting is so close to the back wall? Extra non-combustible wall board? Building inspector signed off?

]]> By: Jonathan /2008/09/28/tile-and-a-woodstove/#comment-217 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:53:19 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/house/?p=238#comment-217 Looks great Matt – good work!

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