The wall gets hot!

I believe I read somewhere that dry wall will ignite at 451 degrees F. Dont take my work though. There are many professionals around here that will know for sure. Stay warm this weekend.

If you are actually worried enough about it to do something , here is one option.

Buy a 2 ft x 8 ft section of sheet metal roofing panel for $8 to $12 , around that price, I forget
exactly what it costs, as a heat shield for the drywall.

It can be mounted on 1 inch standoffs which you can make from a section of alluminum tube & a hacksaw . You can buy a length of aluminum tub or plastic tube from the electrical dept at home depot or lowes. Or you could use electrical tubing connector sleves, if they are the right length for you. You need to look some in the electrical dept @ above stores.

The sheet metal roofing panel can be cut to your desired size with tin snips or another section can be added on , as required.

The heat shied is mounted 1 inch off the wall with air space under it so that cooling air can flow behind it. Use fine drywall screws through the center of the standoff's to mount it.

You will have to drill 1/8 in mounting holes through the sheet metal , but it drills easy with a sharp metal bit. Won't drill at all with a cheap wood bit.

This is an option, ( you don't need to take it ,unelse you like it.)
availble to you with only a little money & a little work. The final choice is yours.

Might be a better way to skin this cat. I don't know.

I been thinking about doing the same for my stove.

You can paint the heat shild to match your room's decore, but use a high heat paint.

I'm not altogether sure if I am going to put one up in my house as I just bought a summersheat Model 50-snc30lc @ lowes for $476.oo -1/2 price sale, reg $1100.oo & it comes with a rear heat shield installed on the stove.

summersheat is the low price version of the 2000 sq ft www.englanderstove.com -- stove that so many people rave
about here, so I am highly looking forward to getting it insatalled.

Best of luck in your endevors.

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check out the stove board, it is made specifically for your problem. Get the spacers too. It will look good too.

Hey Jason,

Sheetrock is covered with paper, and there are two ignition points for paper:

Piloted ignition point (the temperature at which paper will ignite with an open flame) is approximately 451 degrees f

Spontaneous ignition point (the temperature at which paper will ignite in the absence of flame) is considerably higher.

The wall behind your stovepipe might feel hot to the touch, but I'm betting it doesn't raise a blister, as would happen if you plunged your hand into boiling water. Water boils at 212 degrees f, so you know your wall is no hotter than 212f (if you can hold your hand on it, it is probably no hotter than 150f).

Which means it can't possibly ignite, even if you touch it briefly with a lit match (I say briefly, because prolonged direct contact with the open flame would eventually heat the paper to 451).

Prior to ignition, a given material can't get hotter than the source of heat. Suspend a meat thermometer in a pan of boiling water, and no matter how long you boil it, it won't register over 212. So, the wall behind your stovepipe can't get hotter than the outer surface of the pipe.

Try this: stick a stovepipe thermometer on the outside surface of your pipe at the point where it extends above the tiles. How hot does it get?

First, if you have access to an IR gun, find out what the temp is. If you have double wall pipe, your clearance sounds fine. Is this a corner, and is the heat from the stove rising and heating the wall? Understanding the amount of heat with the IR gun will tell you alot.
If you need the look, you can finish this with backer board, durarock and paint it just like it was a wall. BUT, you might not have a problem, just a warm wall.
You have to do the work to define the problem, exactly, the address the situation as it turns out to be.
When that's done, you will sleep well...

I had this concern (also have double wall) and after reviewing threads on the subject, called my mfr. He made me feel alot better saying drywal is safe to 160-180 degrees f. At first that didn't sound too encouraging, but he said to remember that the hot water coming out of my faucet is probably 130 deg, and I can't hold my hand under it. I can at least hold my hand on the drywall, so that in itself tells me I'm well below 160. Been burning hot like that now for three months and all is well.

Bear in mind though that it's a good idea to be sure of the max temp it gets to. I've read in researching posts here that even though some materials may not have yet combusted, there is often a temp at which their flash point will be reduced. I'm no expert on that, just know I read it.

I bought this recently, its good for checking temps on the stove and the car too! And, very reasonable. The delivered very quickly, a day or so...

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