Friends, two years ago I had a woodburning stove fitted into the
cavity left by the removal of an open fire.

The sides and back of the cavity were professionally rendered and
plastered and then I applied White emulsion to the surface.

The heat generated by what is essentially only a small burner is
making crazy cracking of the plaster especially behind the burner. It
is NOT loose only unsightly.

Any suggestions as to either filling or painting over or perhaps some
form of heat shield/reflector?

Regards, Peter.

On Oct 23, 6:26 pm, petercharlesfagg
wrote:
Friends, two years ago I had a woodburning stove fitted into the
cavity left by the removal of an open fire.

The sides and back of the cavity were professionally rendered and
plastered and then I applied White emulsion to the surface.

The heat generated by what is essentially only a small burner is
making crazy cracking of the plaster especially behind the burner. It
is NOT loose only unsightly.

Any suggestions as to either filling or painting over or perhaps some
form of heat shield/reflector?

Regards, Peter.

sandy masonry paint, repeat til cured?

cheers
JimK

Try

http://www.charlesproducts.co.uk/fireplace.htm

petercharlesfagg
wibbled on Friday 23 October 2009 18:26

Friends, two years ago I had a woodburning stove fitted into the
cavity left by the removal of an open fire.

The sides and back of the cavity were professionally rendered and
plastered and then I applied White emulsion to the surface.

The heat generated by what is essentially only a small burner is
making crazy cracking of the plaster especially behind the burner. It
is NOT loose only unsightly.

Any suggestions as to either filling or painting over or perhaps some
form of heat shield/reflector?

Regards, Peter.

I purposely did not plaster my cavity. I used a playsand (silver sand), lime
and white cement (SnowCrete) render in the usual render proportions.

You could hack off the plaster, and apply a render like this, using a
SnowCrete slurry as a binding agent to the existing render.

But you should wait a month until I have my stove in place and I can report
that it actually works (or not!).

--
Tim Watts

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:23:05 +0100, Tim W wrote:
I purposely did not plaster my cavity.

The potential for innuendo in this ng continues to astound...

Jules
wibbled on Friday 23 October 2009 22:31

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:23:05 +0100, Tim W wrote:
I purposely did not plaster my cavity.

The potential for innuendo in this ng continues to astound...

I can be more direct if you prefer.

At my last place of employment, I was known for my colourful displays of
linguist fortitude when something I was writing didn't work up against a
deadline :-

--
Tim Watts

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:26:20 -0700 (PDT), petercharlesfagg
wrote:

Friends, two years ago I had a woodburning stove fitted into the
cavity left by the removal of an open fire.

The sides and back of the cavity were professionally rendered and
plastered and then I applied White emulsion to the surface.

The heat generated by what is essentially only a small burner is
making crazy cracking of the plaster especially behind the burner. It
is NOT loose only unsightly.

Any suggestions as to either filling or painting over or perhaps some
form of heat shield/reflector?

Regards, Peter.

Have you got enough room between the stove and the walls?
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http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

petercharlesfagg wrote:
Friends, two years ago I had a woodburning stove fitted into the
cavity left by the removal of an open fire.

The sides and back of the cavity were professionally rendered and
plastered and then I applied White emulsion to the surface.

The heat generated by what is essentially only a small burner is
making crazy cracking of the plaster especially behind the burner. It
is NOT loose only unsightly.

Any suggestions as to either filling or painting over or perhaps some
form of heat shield/reflector?

Regards, Peter.
Sheet of masterboard or multiboard and heat resistant paint.

Or render and paint.

Friends, thankyou for the suggestions.

A slurry of sopmething or other to fill the voids sounds as if it is
the bnest option.

I was interested in the thought about clearances, the stove was fitted
by a qualified installer who also lined the chimney as approved by the
Planning Office. No comment was made as to the stove being too close
to the back wall but it is a possibility!

Thanks again, Peter.