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Pete C
 
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:11:49 GMT, Simon Langford
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Hi,

I've recently had a 3-11 kW woodburning stove installed in our kitchen.
It's basically free-standing with a flue going up next to the wall and
out through the roof. The back of the stove is probably only about
3"-4" away from the wall, and the plaster on the wall has started to
crack quite badly. When you tap it, it sounds a bit loose and hollow.

The stove was installed very recently (end of November) and the
installer said it might need some heatproofing, but we "could always do
that later if needed".


Hi,

A good way is with some cement board, sheet of metal, or similar with
a 1" air gap behind and well ventilated at top and bottom. Some foil
stapled or glued on both sides of the gap would help.

The advantage with cement board is that it can be tiled easily if
desired.

cheers,
Pete.

Or a sheet of aluminium



So now I'm thinking we'll need to do something before the wall crumbles
and comes away - is that likely to happen? If I put some tiles on the
wall will that stop the problem? Do I need special tiles, or special
adhesive/grout?

I'm hoping I won't have to take the existing plaster off and start
again. The installers are coming back again this week to fix the
leaning chimney and do a better job of the bodge they made where the
flue goes through the ceiling. Can I get them to fix it as part of the
original job on the grounds that they should have known that the plaster
would crack?

Sorry if a similar question has been asked before -- I did search with
google for similar problems...

Thanks,

Simon.