Wood Stove Non Combustible Wall Clearance
Safe clearances for your model were determined using a very specific and detailed u l.
Wood stove non combustible wall clearance. While wall coverings are frequently non combustible like tile brick stone metal the underlying structure often contains wood paper faced drywall or insulation and other materials that could catch fire if enough heat were to be transmitted through the non combustible wall covering. The nfpa calls for an 18 clearance to combustible walls for single wall stove pipe. Wall protection stoves and stovepipes must be spaced out from walls and other combustible materials to prevent ignition. Wood stove heat shields fire clearance distance reduction using heat shields how to install a wood stove or pellet stove heat shield.
They should not be installed in alcoves closets or similar areas. The shield is required to extend at least 500 mm 20 in above the top of the appliance and 450 mm 18 in beyond each edge of the appliance. Liner for the passageway where the wood studded wall with a non combustible chimney connector enters the chimney flue. Clearance requirements for uncertified wood stoves an uncertified wood burning stove has not been tested and certified by an accredited lab under ulc s627.
As such the following clearance to combustibles are required in canada. Examples of combustible materials include paneling wood sheet rock even fire rated and plaster lathe. The minimum clearance between any solid fuel burning appliance and combustible material other than the floor whether or not such material is covered with non combustible material such as plaster shall conform to table 2. That has the potential to burn.
Any wood burning appliance masonry or corrugated steel walls are con not designed as a circulating stove. Wood frame walls covered with dry wall are considered combustible. Table 1 shows the minimum clearances from combustible walls and ceilings. The non combustible wall protection must use insulating and non combustible mounting hardware that can not conduct heat from the woodstove or its flue to the combustible wall through the barrier.
Only solid radiant stove. Or build a heat shield to be mounted 1 inch off the wall on non combustible spacers. Merely covering a thimble. Using a heat shield on a single wall stovepipe.
Details of a wall shield by allowing air to flow between the shield and the combustible surface a wall shielding assembly can be used to safely reduce minimum clearances. Can radiating type wood stoves ever be installed less than 36 inches from combustibles. A clearance is the safe distance from the stove to a combustible surface. Double wall stovepipe is used when you don t have 18 or more clearance from combustibles.