If you have purchased a new wood stove chances are you don t have to worry about a heat shield.
Wall tiles behind log burner.
Keep a distance of at least 150mm 6 inches around the side of the burner when deciding between ceramic and porcelain tiles for your fireplace go for porcelain tiles.
The best wall shields help to radiate the heat from the stove into the room.
Lay the tiles in thinset mortar troweled onto the wall then tap them in with a rubber mallet.
Pack the grout between the tiles using a grout float.
The general rule is not to wallpaper your chimney breast.
Let the mortar cure for 24 hours grout the tiles and remove the bottom shim.
It is probably built into the stove.
Installing tile behind a wood stove provides heat protection color texture and warmth to the area.
A stacked stone style wall behind her wood stove.
Grout and paint once the mortar has cured for 24 hours you can grout the tiles to finish the installation.
Ceramic or clay tiles provide the most protection and are moderately easy to install.
You shouldn t put any flammable material on a chimney breast as if it ignites you could set the whole place on fire.
Bare wood or sheetrock walls around a wood stove are fire hazards.
Move the float over the tiles from several angles to ensure good coverage then clean the surface of the tiles well with a damp sponge.
A fire resistant wall shield is necessary to eliminate the threat of fire.
You may wonder if you can wallpaper around a log burner or any wall covering behind a wood burning stove in terms of safety the answer is no.
Spread a coat of heat resistant epoxy mortar on the backerboard.
With some models you can place the wood stove as close as 6 inches from a wall.
Let the tiles dry for 24 hours.
Hold a piece of 1x lumber against the sides of the heat shield to keep the edge tiles flush.
The logistics of tiles around a fireplace we recommend using porcelain tiles which are very heat resistant.
Usually people will tend to use fire resistant bricks around their burner because they re great at absorbing heat without transferring it to neighbouring areas.
This allows these newer stoves to be placed closer to unprotected walls than would normally be safe.