Whew, haven't posted since spring, when we were having our stove installed.
It's been a long journey to a finished installation for us, but we're getting there after firing the first "professional installer" for the chimney and finally getting the "through the attic and roof" installation right. Now we're finishing off the wall shield. I've acquired some antique tin ceiling tiles to cover the cement board. They're not painted, but some have pretty good rust spots that need to be removed and then they need to be either sealed or/and painted. I don't want to use materials that will kill us with fumes when the stove heats up. I know I've seen some installations with metal tiles on the forum so hoping someone can give me suggestions.
Stove is an Englander NC-13 with rear heat shield. Cement board/Micor is offset an inch from the wall and is approximately 13 inches from the rear shield of the stove and 17 inches from the single-wall stove pipe. We had a couple of test fires in the spring, and the cement board didn't get noticeably warm. The tiles are embossed and at approximately 1 1/2" at greatest depth. Any suggestions for sealant/paint for the tiles that won't kill us after we finally got the stove installation right? Thanks so much!
It's been a long journey to a finished installation for us, but we're getting there after firing the first "professional installer" for the chimney and finally getting the "through the attic and roof" installation right. Now we're finishing off the wall shield. I've acquired some antique tin ceiling tiles to cover the cement board. They're not painted, but some have pretty good rust spots that need to be removed and then they need to be either sealed or/and painted. I don't want to use materials that will kill us with fumes when the stove heats up. I know I've seen some installations with metal tiles on the forum so hoping someone can give me suggestions.
Stove is an Englander NC-13 with rear heat shield. Cement board/Micor is offset an inch from the wall and is approximately 13 inches from the rear shield of the stove and 17 inches from the single-wall stove pipe. We had a couple of test fires in the spring, and the cement board didn't get noticeably warm. The tiles are embossed and at approximately 1 1/2" at greatest depth. Any suggestions for sealant/paint for the tiles that won't kill us after we finally got the stove installation right? Thanks so much!
