Metal blanking plate to protect from wood burner stove?

[davesparks]

I think a hole in the ceiling will be the only option.

Is the flue going up through the ceiling?
If so there will already be some disturbance of the ceiling anyway that you may he able to coordinate with.

 

[happysteve]

The way to protect something from radiant heat is to put something reflective on the front to minimise the amound of heat absorbed, then an insulator to prevent whatever is absorbed penetrating, then as little as possible behind so that heat that does get through the insulator can dissipate.

When we got our narrowboat there was just a metal reflector panel behind the wood-burning stove which did get painfully hot. When we upgraded the stove some 10 years later, we removed the metal and found signs of scorching to the woodwork behind. We put Supalux heat-resistant insulation board in its place and tiled it, and poked a thermometer in the wall cavity to check it was at a sensible temperature.

Ooh, snap!

Also used to live on a narrowboat.

When we moved on land, we got a Zeeschouw to play with, took out the fridge, and fitted a tiny wood burner ("Sardine stove"). I offset the Supalux sheets (double layer on the bottom just for strength) from the wood work by one inch offcuts of copper pipe, then used stainless steel sheets as a reflector and something to easily keep clean. Worked really well!

 

[littlespark]

Coal fire in a touring caravan…. Beat that!


Back to the OP;
I had one job where’s new wood burner was going in corner of room.. double socket in the way.
Was a partition wall, so just removed cables back to next socket… which was through the wall in the hallway.

I never thought that the heat might go right through the wall. I assumed the wall would be clad in insulation to prevent heat from getting through completely.
Wall was filled with glass wool anyway.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Is the flue going up through the ceiling?
If so there will already be some disturbance of the ceiling anyway that you may he able to coordinate with.

Yes, it is. I'll have a closer look when next there. I completely forgot about it today when with the customer as we were talking about other bits he wants doing.