I am about to have a zero clearance gas fireplace installed. I thought I would need to coordinate my sheetrocking of the wall with his framing for the wall thimble. When I called to ask him about it he said to go ahead and sheetrock the entire wall and that the wall thimble didn't need to be framed. I was skeptical and asked him a few times in different ways but he insisted and so I figured he knew what he was talking about. Is it acceptable to use the wallboard and sheathing for support? Could he have meant that it would be framed after the fact and that it didn't need to be framed prior to sheetrocking?
DV Thimble with no framing?
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I always frame the outline of the thimble, but since a LOT of DV gas units are afterthoughts, it's not a big issue.
Small framing members can be squeezed thru the thimble opening & in between the
sheetrock & outer wall sheathing to get the proper mounting points.
Thimbles are only held in place with 4 screws & since the venting is locked together, that is sufficient.
Go ahead & sheetrock your walls.
Small framing members can be squeezed thru the thimble opening & in between the
sheetrock & outer wall sheathing to get the proper mounting points.
Thimbles are only held in place with 4 screws & since the venting is locked together, that is sufficient.
Go ahead & sheetrock your walls.
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