Hello everyone. Nice to see the forum is still going strong and no one's put an eye out.
One of my stoves is corner installed using Harman's minimum clearances. I found my IR thermometer buried in the junk drawer and decided to play with it. After running the stove at around 3/4 output for about 15 minutes I took a reading of the painted drywall to the sides. 137F...after only 15 min The wall was disturbingly hot to the touch and the paint was getting gummy feeling. Now, I understand the latex paint flash point is higher than that and its a UL tested appliance, but there's NO WAY am I not addressing this issue. I knew it would get warm but not like that.
My first thought was to put 1/4" cement board on the side walls and cover them with 12" granite tiles...which would match my hearth nicely. I'm sure that would work well but I'd rather not fart around with that project if there's an easier option. Which apparently there is.....
I'm looking into the Harman heat shield kit. How/where does it attach to the stove? Anyone have pics they'd be willing to upload? I've found only one pic that 'gfreek' posted last year but it doesn't show the fastening points. IMO, it looks slick.....very "factory" looking.
Thanks
-Mike
One of my stoves is corner installed using Harman's minimum clearances. I found my IR thermometer buried in the junk drawer and decided to play with it. After running the stove at around 3/4 output for about 15 minutes I took a reading of the painted drywall to the sides. 137F...after only 15 min The wall was disturbingly hot to the touch and the paint was getting gummy feeling. Now, I understand the latex paint flash point is higher than that and its a UL tested appliance, but there's NO WAY am I not addressing this issue. I knew it would get warm but not like that.
My first thought was to put 1/4" cement board on the side walls and cover them with 12" granite tiles...which would match my hearth nicely. I'm sure that would work well but I'd rather not fart around with that project if there's an easier option. Which apparently there is.....
I'm looking into the Harman heat shield kit. How/where does it attach to the stove? Anyone have pics they'd be willing to upload? I've found only one pic that 'gfreek' posted last year but it doesn't show the fastening points. IMO, it looks slick.....very "factory" looking.
Thanks
-Mike