Wall behind stove getting very hot

[ford88]

I have a pacific super-27 in corner of living room all clearances are good I also went with double pipe from stove up.When I get the stove burning good 500 or so the wall sheetrock behind stove gets very hot you almost can't hold hand on it.Is this ok or should I look in to this and is 500deg to hot for the stove thanks

 

[begreen]

It will get hot, but should be safe as long as the clearances are correct. Note that 130F feels very hot to the touch, yet is quite a safe temp.

 

[tdog]

My walls were also getting so hot i couldnt touch them. I purchased a Drolet freestanding heat shield. Got it on amazon. Works great and walls now get no heat from my stove. Looks neat standing behind my stove too.

 

[ditchrider]

I had the same problem. When the stove cooled down I screwed a couple of furring strips VERTICALLY on the wall behind the stove, where I knew the wall studs were beneath the drywall. The two furring strips were screwed in 32 inches apart. over the furring strips I screwed in a leftover piece (from a floor tiling project) of 1/4 inch hardi-backer board about 48 inches wide and 36 inches tall, with the bottom of the hardibacker about 3-4 inches above the floor. This created a channel of air that flowed between the hardibacker and the drywall, drawing cooler air from the gap from the floor. It only lessened the rear clearance by less than 1-1/2 inch, but hardibacker isn't flammable. It took about one hour to round up all the supplies and do the project. My wall temps dropped 15 degrees. It isn't very pretty, but I could always tile over it. I was just looking for a quick remedy and this seems to work.