Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story

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The Fire Protection Association recommends that common radiant-style stoves should be placed at least 900mm (36 inches) away from any combustible surfaces. This code also allows for 1/2" "non-combustible insulation board over 1 in. (25.4 mm) glass fiber or mineral wool batts without ventilated air space." Then remove the sheet metal and pre-drill holes into the walls. Where the studs are, drill holes 1/32" smaller than the shaft of the screws. (The shaft itself..not the threads). If you have any doubts about installing a stove, we would always recommend using a HETAS-qualified professional.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) generally calls for a 36" clearance between your stove and the walls and ceiling. A wood-burning stove, whether alight or not, is something that draws the eyes of whoever is in the room. With such a beautiful piece of craftsmanship providing the focal point of your home, it makes sense to give equal consideration to the other elements that will complement it. I just had a chat with Gill saying how delighted we are with our little Hobbit stove, and to also thank you both for your attention to detail and excellent customer service!"Your wood stove heat shield should be installed anyplace within 36" from a combustible wall to the heat source. According to BS 8303:2018, Installation of domestic heating and cooking appliances burning solid mineral fuels, the heat shield should protrude at least 300mm above the top surface of the stove . How wide does a heat shield need to be? Thus, the combustible materials are insulated both by the air space and the heat shield, and don't get too hot. What Should Heat Shields be Made of?

So, without proper safeguards, a wood stove configuration may SEEM fine, but over time the degradation of material slowly lowers its ignition threshold, then suddenly you have a house fire on your hands!

Wood stove heat shields, by utilizing air space around them, reduce the amount of space that you need in between your wood stove and the combustible materials (like walls!) of your house. It’s the best stove ever! It’s easy to light, very efficient, burns anthracite and stays in overnight (ours has been in for three weeks now). It even keeps a kettle of water at the ready for a cuppa! What more can I say, we love it! Just the thing to make our Yorkshire home cosy, and the cat loves it too!" Wood stove clearances are the required distance between any combustible materials and a wood-burning stove or chimney. The purpose is to provide adequate space for free air flow, thus cooling, for the area around wood stoves. The Hobbit Stove is a small cast iron multi-fuel stove that is able to burn wood, coal, or eco logs, and it fully complies with the new Eco Design 2022 regulations, which makes it suitable for any installations after the 1st January 2022. The Hobbit Stove is specifically designed for installations where the space for a stove might be more limited, and this makes our stove the ideal choice for small fireplaces where larger stoves simply won’t fit. The spacers used to create the air space need to be non-combustible as well and should be placed off to the side and not directly behind the wood stoves.

Just wanted to share a picture of our newly installed Hobbit. Absolutely delighted with it, and so pleased we were able to retain our existing fireplace as well. Brilliant product, thank you!" Get this wrong and your stove installation will not only be in violation of UK Building Regulations, but you’ll be risking any combustible materials behind the stove undergoing pyrolysis. Like Vlaze’s other heat shields, this model features a dual skin for thermal protection and heat radiation performance. It also features Vlaze’s easy to install rail-mounted system. The reason stove fitters (and building regulators in general) are so concerned about combustion is because of something called pyrolysis. It was easy to fit with the help of your excellent ‘how to’ videos and we’re just awaiting our inspection by building control for the certification.The primary instance in which you’ll need to use a heat shield, is if you’re installing a stove in a confined space. Additionally, to learn about our 8 tips wood stove users should do during the holiday season, view here. For example, still using spacers, secure sheets of cement board to the wall. Then, using a "non-combustible adhesive" as dictated by the safety code, adhere ceramic tiles to the cement board. Where Can I Buy a Heat Shield? Here at Direct Stoves, we favour the use of vitreous enamel heat shields. This is because vitreous enamel is non-combustible, heat resistant up to 650ºC and is an excellent conductor of heat. I would get a couple of screws into the top edge...but not tighten them down at this point to give myself a little "wiggle-room" to get the other holes lined up.