Those cheap metal stove boards (for wood stoves) you get at the home store have a non-flammable core material wrapped in sheet metal.
Anyone know where to buy that non-flammable core material? I’m probably going to make a tile hearth for a wood stove and wanted to include a layer of that non-flammable stuff.
jt8
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Look for a place that sells Micore. They have a list of yards on their website.
http://www.micore.com
That Micore 300 would probably work. They had one place listed here in town, I'll have to see if they carry it.
jt8
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Get some of this Al. honeycomb core , cover it with your choice of materials. click the pic for the site.
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Got a sheet of Micore. Have you done tile work in relation to it?
I'm guessing plywood/micore/cementboard/tile. I don't suppose the tile can go directly on the Micore?jt8
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That's what I did. I used 2 layers of 1/2" Micore because I needed R2 underneath my stove.
It was sheathing, thinset (latex modified), 2 layers 1/2" micore, thinset, 1/2" durock, tiles.
The durock was screwed down (screws went through everything -- into the sheathing), except were the woodstove went. No screws directly under were the stove went.
I don't know if you can tile directly on it or not?
Edited 2/11/2009 7:47 pm by MiCrazy
check an industrial supply co., it's actually sheet asbestos, however, as I commented on another post yesterday, there are strict requirements set out by the manufacturers and inforced by insurance companies .. deviate from this and your ins will no longer apply ..
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You should also check to see what R-value the stove manufacturer requires beneath the stove. Some only require a non-combustable hearth with no specific R-value. That could save you some money. If your stove does require a specific R-value, micore is an excellent product since a 1/2" sheet will give you an R-value of 1 which is pretty high. However, micore is soft stuff so you'll probably need a layer of tile or some other hard surface on top of the micore.
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