Durock clearence

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jeff123

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Jun 28, 2008
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eastern,ct
What type of heat will Durock take ? Could I use a sheet of it as a wall 13" away from my wood stove, there would be 8"" of air between the sheet of durock and a combustable wall.


thx
 
Durock is cement. It's non-combustible. You could wrap it right around your stove and it wouldn't hurt the Durock, but then, why would you do that? Rick
 
jeff123 said:
I went to home depot and lowes web site, they don't show durock, is permbase the same ?

No. Don't get Permabase. It has encapsulated "styrofoam"--which is combustible. My local Home Depot had Durock. Go down in person and talk to someone who knows about it. Durock good. Permabase bad.
 
I got Hardibacker brand at Lowes and used it as wall protection. It's very smooth cement board, I just painted it.
 
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