dooleysm
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My wife just gave me a kit for a double barrel wood stove to use in my 32x40 pole barn. The directions state that you need at least 36" clearance between the stove and any combustable structure. They state that as little as 4" clearance is acceptable if you have noncombustable structure.
Well, my barn was built so that the layers (working from outside->in) are metal siding, styrofoam insulation, 2x4 purlins, 6x6 posts. That all seems pretty combustable to me. I really need to be able to shove this stove back into a corner or up against a wall as I just don't have room to have this thing hanging out 3 feet from a wall.
I was first thinking maybe I could get some hardiboard or cementboard or something of that nature to attach to the inside of my 6x6 posts, and this would give me protection against the heat. Further consideration is leading me away from that option.
I've also got a pretty good number of bricks left over from the construction of our house that I was thinking maybe I could build a brick wall up around the stove. I've never built a brick wall, but I don't imagine it would take much to put a small one up around the stove.
Anyone have any thoughts one way or the other, or a different suggestion?
Well, my barn was built so that the layers (working from outside->in) are metal siding, styrofoam insulation, 2x4 purlins, 6x6 posts. That all seems pretty combustable to me. I really need to be able to shove this stove back into a corner or up against a wall as I just don't have room to have this thing hanging out 3 feet from a wall.
I was first thinking maybe I could get some hardiboard or cementboard or something of that nature to attach to the inside of my 6x6 posts, and this would give me protection against the heat. Further consideration is leading me away from that option.
I've also got a pretty good number of bricks left over from the construction of our house that I was thinking maybe I could build a brick wall up around the stove. I've never built a brick wall, but I don't imagine it would take much to put a small one up around the stove.
Anyone have any thoughts one way or the other, or a different suggestion?