Woodstove questions

Im much further than the minimum dimensions for distance from the walls, but they still feel hot to me. How hot is to hot for the wall to get when the wall is drywall?
Those heatshield panels are not cheap! Two of them cost almost as much as a month of gas heat. Any cheaper options? 26 gauge steel painted all nice?

Ive heard online that 36 inches from an unprotected wall is good. This is much further than the demensions listed on the Lopi woodstove site. What gives?

Thanks, Joey

When my brother had a Ben Franklin stove in his living room, he built a frame out of 2X4s and covered it with 3/4" Blue Stone squares. It went under and behind the stove. Moderately attractive, ricocheted heat well.

Dan

Aluminum foil stapled to the wall. That's about as cheap as you can go.

foxtrapper wrote: Aluminum foil stapled to the wall. That's about as cheap as you can go.

That is cheap... But the wife doesn't want the house to "look like a E36 M3hole" or something silly like that. I would do it, and we did similar with my dads old garage, only with heavier aluminum. It burned down. Not because of the foil, it was an electrical fire, but it's a funny story nonetheless.

Joey

my dad used sheet galvanized steel for hvac ductwork on the two spots nearest the chimney pipe that he felt were too close even though they were beyond spec in the instructions. left an inch of airspace between the steel and the wall

Parents house had tile over cement backer board. stove in the corner with about 24" clearance. was there for 18 years.

then I moved out.

and they installed propane heat.

joey48442 wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: Aluminum foil stapled to the wall. That's about as cheap as you can go.

That is cheap... But the wife doesn't want the house to "look like a E36 M3hole" or something silly like that. I would do it, and we did similar with my dads old garage, only with heavier aluminum. It burned down. Not because of the foil, it was an electrical fire, but it's a funny story nonetheless. Joey

So I guess an old car hood would be out of the question? Maybe a Cadillac?

TRoglodyte wrote:

joey48442 wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: Aluminum foil stapled to the wall. That's about as cheap as you can go.

That is cheap... But the wife doesn't want the house to "look like a E36 M3hole" or something silly like that. I would do it, and we did similar with my dads old garage, only with heavier aluminum. It burned down. Not because of the foil, it was an electrical fire, but it's a funny story nonetheless. Joey

So I guess an old car hood would be out of the question? Maybe a Cadillac?

Ooooooh! Classy!

Would a small fan blowing across the wall, between the back of the stove and the wall disseminate enough heat?

Dan

My back wall is red brick and it works awesome, but it was there when I bought the house.

I went with the dimensions listed by the manufacturer of the stove, which are part of the certification process for the UL listing, or whatever certification they used. The wall gets quite warm, but if you can touch the wall and hold your hand on it, it's fine - it won't burn.