Ceramic Tile Under Wood Stove
2 thoughts on what type of tile should i use around my wood stove.
Ceramic tile under wood stove. Most wood burning stoves have insulation blocks in the back and sides to minimise the heat escaping and there should also be a minimum of 150mm 6 inches around the back and the side of the stove for ventilation. Ceramic wood burning stoves overall. Both stone and tile are beautiful the only thing you have to be careful of in using stone is that it is not going to flake such as slate or blue stone and that under the stove legs it has to be perfectly level. Ceramic wood burning stoves get a high rating overall in design and efficiency.
Tile will be much easier to keep clean also fly ash sawdust and dirt brought in from the woodpile does accumulate pretty fast. I am wondering if i can put the dense natural stone or glazed ceramic tile under a free standing woodstove tile to tile without using grout. Wood stoves need to sit on a noncombustible surface. Very few problems are reported when it comes to ceramic wood stoves.
Answer answer ceramic tile behind a woodstove works very well as long as it s installed correctly over the right type of substrate. In the production process ceramic tile is baked in huge ovens at 1200 to 2000 degrees so it can withstand heat. How to make a stove pad with ceramic tile. I need ideas and how to help.
Going one step further what you place your tiles on makes a difference too. The secondary burn system in most are non catalytic which is a double plus requiring little maintenance. The tile is blue gray and our redecorated living room is earth tones with a rather dark hard wood floor. Wood stoves need to sit on a noncombustible surface.
In homes where the floor is wood or carpet tile is usually installed as a mat or pad directly beneath the wood stove to help protect the other floors. If your chimney walls aren t in great condition you can always use heat resistant boards to give you a stable tiling surface. Whether you are considering adding a wood burning gas burning or pellet burning stove to your home the stove needs a structurally sound location on. Can you use ceramic.
Removal is not an option. Our corner wood burning fire place stove sits on a 4 x4 ceramic tile floor and is backed by two 4 x 4 walls. Luckily there are tile adhesives made especially for hotter scenarios we recommend this tile adhesive from victas. We recommend using porcelain tiles which are very heat resistant.
It s important though that the tile is attached to a surface that s not affected by heat.