Corner behind soapstone stove

Stina71 · 2015-03-22T21:25:49+00:00

Some thoughts: Six years ago, I had a soapstone stove installed. A stove that now needs to be dismantled and replaced. Before taking it down and installing a new stove, I'm trying to sort out a few things: I can't remember if the wall behind the stove already existed or if it was created when the stove was installed. The corner sounds a bit "hollow" when you knock on it, not as dull/muted as when you knock on my original old chimney. I'm trying to figure out if the corner is new or old. Each side is about 52 cm wide, with the stove centered in the middle. Up against the ceiling molding, it looks like current masonry or panels are "cut" against the molding, i.e., you can see the molding behind. It looks like a plastered surface, grayish in color, grainy. If you feel the edge at the top against the ceiling, which is unpainted, it feels like plaster on the surface, but a more "smooth" cut surface further in. The depth on the right/left side is between 6-7 cm, differing slightly. What do you think? Newly created or old "corner" behind the stove? Could it be newly installed fireproof panels with a plastered surface? And is that why it differs between 6-7 cm on the right and left sides? I.e., different thicknesses of plaster on some kind of panel. Could it be new ytong or what does such a panel look like? Does it feel smooth on the cut surface? Is ytong usually plastered? Does ytong have any standard measurements? My corner, left and right side, is about 52 cm wide and 6-7 cm deep. Is it common to use ytong behind soapstone stoves nowadays? What else could it be? Where the pipe from the stove goes into the wall, it looks like some black fibrous material. Probably some kind of seal. What is it? Is it just a matter of pulling the stove off here when it needs to be dismantled, i.e., at the connection between pipe from the stove and pipe/hose into the chimney? Since the stove is so nicely centered in this corner, I get the feeling that the corner (panels) must have been newly installed during the installation. It seems unlikely that the stove would fit so perfectly in a corner that was already built or paneled from before. Now it sits in the middle with the same measurements in both directions. What do you think? If it is a fireproof panel, e.g., ytong, that was installed six years ago, do you think it is screwed, mortared, glued, or what? Thanks in advance!