So the heat coming into contact with the tiles shouldn t be too great.
Tiling behind wood stove.
The indoor wood stove project has begun.
Starting with a tile surround.
Because this often places the stove out into the room many home owners choose to build a wall shield instead.
When deciding between ceramic and porcelain tiles for your fireplace go for porcelain tiles.
The most common way of doing this is to tile the wall or a portion of the wall behind the stove.
Removing it from the wall behind the wood stove allows you to install cement backerboard instead.
How to install tile behind a wood stove 1.
The distance varies by stove but many stoves are required to be eight to 36 inches away from a combustible wall.
This will be the home of our new wood cook stove.
Remove the drywall drywall is combustible and not a suitable material either for use behind the wood stove or for use underneath tile.
Wood stoves have very specific requirements about how close they can be placed to combustible surfaces.
Measure mark and cut the cement board to cover the area.
The cement board is a heat resistant durable surface that.
Purchase the appropriate amount of tiles and cement board to cover.
Most wood burning stoves have insulation blocks in the back and sides to minimise the heat escaping and there should also be a minimum of 150mm 6 inches around the back and the side of the stove for ventilation.
Measure the area where you plan to install tile.
Dry fit the.
Tile behind wood stoves.
Keep a distance of at least 150mm 6 inches around the side of the burner.