Sheet material near the stove

[Pontus Sundberg]

Hello!

I'm renovating an old house and have torn down the old surface to put up a new one.

In the living room, I want wallpaper, so I will be putting up plasterboard. I'm unsure how to proceed around the stove.

Can I put up OSB and then plasterboard to then wallpaper according to the picture?



There is 20cm between the side of the stove and the side of the panel material. (The datasheet from the stove supplier says 40cm to combustible material)

 

[Danne824]

Hello!

I'm renovating an old house, and have torn down the old surface material to put up new ones.

In the living room, I want wallpaper, so I'm planning to plaster the walls. I'm not sure what to do around the stove.

Can I put up OSB and then plasterboard to wallpaper according to the picture?

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There is 20cm from the side of the stove to the side of the sheet material. (The datasheet from the stove supplier says 40cm to combustible material)

If the stove supplier says 40 cm, then you have to stick to that.
But I think it sounds like a lot when it comes to the sides.
Plasterboard on OSB won't help reduce the distance; you'd need a fire protection board for that.

 

[Pontus Sundberg]

If the stove supplier says 40 cm, you have to stick to that.
But I think it sounds like a lot when it comes to the sides.
Plasterboard on OSB doesn't help to reduce the distance, you'd need a fire protection board.

No, I understand, but according to the picture, if you were to place a fireproof board closest to the stove. Can you wallpaper on it then? Or would that also be flammable?

Regards

 

[FredrikR]

We have wallpapered the cement board we put up on the adjacent wall to the left of the stove.

Works well in our case, no remarks during the fire safety inspection or chimney sweeping.

 

[Workingclasshero]

Hello
I think it's nice when you create proper fire protection around the stove.
Go for Minerit or another currently approved fire protection board.
Cover everything with thick metal sheet with a nice design that frames the stove.
Wallpaper closest to the stove is quite ugly, no matter how safe it might be...
Good luck.
/W

 

[z_bumbi]

You have the murstock, so is anything else needed?

 

[Danne824]

No, I understand, but according to the image, if one were to place a fire-resistant board closest to the stove. Can you wallpaper on it then? Or does that also become flammable?

Best regards

You can paint a calcium silicate board with silicate paint.
Wallpaper is flammable.
Check with the chimney sweep appointed by the municipality, they are usually very helpful and can give tips.

A good leaflet/book is "Sotarens lilla röda" which you can get for free from chimney sweeps and stove dealers.

I don't think one should compromise on the rules, they are there to protect property and life.

 

[xxargs]

If the wallpaper on the minerit board were to become hot enough to theoretically catch fire, you would notice it by the smell long before it happens and it would become brown from the heat (~190 degrees C if it's paper wallpaper) during the first few fires with decent intensity and duration. As long as you can keep your hand on the wallpaper/wall for more than a few seconds when it gets hottest from the stove, the risk of it being a future fire hazard is very low.

 

[Pontus Sundberg]

You have the chimney stack, so is anything else needed?

No, I didn't really need anything else, the problem is that the log wall and the chimney stack are "flush" with each other.

So if I then cover the log wall, there will be a step down to the chimney stack. But perhaps this can be smoothed out with mortar?

See image

 

[Pontus Sundberg]

This is what it really looks like, if that helps. Previously, there was masonite board + wallpaper. And it worked for 100 years 🤣



What I've done now is put up OSB + drywall to stiffen/straighten the walls before wallpapering.

But I don't know what to do around the stove...