Question on wall protection - Jotul 8

[scottgen20]

Hi All,

I've got an question about wall protection.

I moved into an old farmhouse last Spring. The house had a stove installed, single wall pipe, and wall protection. I removed the old stove (Efel coal) and installed my Jotul 8. I had a chimney company come out and look at the install and they said all looked good, but now that I look further, im starting to question the wall protection.

I'm attaching pictures for reference. They old owners had their stove installed since the mid 80's, and they have wall protection with an air gap built out in front of a Sheetrock wall. What has me perplexed is the material used for the wall protection. It looks like faux brick panels that are textured (which have been painted)... No issue there, except that I'm really not sure that they're temperature rated. They seem to be fibrous, almost like some type of compressed cardboard material but about 1/2 inch thick. It's a soft material on the backside - I can push my nail into the backside or side of the material as its soft. I've not seen anything like it, so I wanted to see if it could be ID'd.. Maybe something that was available in the early-mid 80's?

At this point I'm probably just going to remove it and replace it with Durock for piece of mind.

 

[scottgen20]

Hi All,

I've got an question about wall protection.

I moved into an old farmhouse last Spring. The house had a stove installed, single wall pipe, and wall protection. I removed the old stove (Efel coal) and installed my Jotul 8. I had a chimney company come out and look at the install and they said all looked good, but now that I look further, im starting to question the wall protection.

I'm attaching pictures for reference. They old owners had their stove installed since the mid 80's, and they have wall protection with an air gap built out in front of a Sheetrock wall. What has me perplexed is the material used for the wall protection. It looks like faux brick panels that are textured (which have been painted)... No issue there, except that I'm really not sure that they're temperature rated. They seem to be fibrous, almost like some type of compressed cardboard material but about 1/2 inch thick. It's a soft material on the backside - I can push my nail into the backside or side of the material as its soft. I've not seen anything like it, so I wanted to see if it could be ID'd.. Maybe something that was available in the early-mid 80's?

At this point I'm probably just going to remove it and replace it with Durock for piece of mind.

Here is head on view of the material as well..

 

[scottgen20]

Hi All,

Did a bit more investigating and I'm now thinking I'm ok and don't need to replace the wall shield. I unscrewed some of the panel and peeled it back from the wall and was able to locate (as I had hoped!) a manufacturer mark.. It's stamped R-CO Wall Shield, R-CO Products. UL Listed 40H5.