The indoor wood stove project has begun.
Tiling behind wood stove.
This will be the home of our new wood cook stove.
Use porcelain tiles to keep the heat in check.
Purchase the appropriate amount of tiles and cement board to cover.
Removing it from the wall behind the wood stove allows you to install cement backerboard instead.
When deciding between ceramic and porcelain tiles for your fireplace go for porcelain tiles.
More info on the wood stove can be.
Also a heat resistant tile adhesive such as the palace heat resistant adhesive should be applied onto a good solid surface.
Measure mark and cut the cement board to cover the area.
How to install tile behind a wood stove 1.
Measure the area where you plan to install tile.
So the heat coming into contact with the tiles shouldn t be too great.
The most common way of doing this is to tile the wall or a portion of the wall behind the stove.
Because this often places the stove out into the room many home owners choose to build a wall shield instead.
Tile behind wood stoves.
The cement board is a heat resistant durable surface that.
Wood stoves have very specific requirements about how close they can be placed to combustible surfaces.
Keep a distance of at least 150mm 6 inches around the side of the burner.
Starting with a tile surround.
The distance varies by stove but many stoves are required to be eight to 36 inches away from a combustible wall.