Drywall Temps behind your stove

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Thanks for the reply. No I am just paint the wall white. The stone installer asked that I build the wall out of cement board, not dry wall bc he said cement boards are not flammable. So that is what I just need. Ready to mud the cement boards and want to make sure standard drwyall coumpound is fine behind a wood stove.

Cement board conducts heat fairly well. It would be better to use thinset behind the cement board, not drywall compound.