My wife and I just built a rock wall for our stove, what we did was screw metal lathe on to the painted sheetrock living-room wall (with about a quarter-inch spacer between the lathe and the wall so mortar could grab the lathe) and then built up a stone wall with horizontally-stacked flagstone that averages about four-and-a-half inches thick. The wall is pretty solid but there's no air space between the rock wall and the sheetrock (it's filled with mortar) so I'm assuming it's still considered an unprotected surface?
My question is the Englander manual states a five-inch rear clearance to an unprotected wall with side and rear shields and double-wall pipe. Our stove has the standard rear heat shield but no side shields. We plan on using double-wall stove pipe so does that mean five inches from the back of the stove or five inches from the back of the heat shield?
Many thanks in advance...
My question is the Englander manual states a five-inch rear clearance to an unprotected wall with side and rear shields and double-wall pipe. Our stove has the standard rear heat shield but no side shields. We plan on using double-wall stove pipe so does that mean five inches from the back of the stove or five inches from the back of the heat shield?
Many thanks in advance...
