Best Material for Inside of Fireplace

BMD

Hi,

I am considering the use of stone (20-30mm of thin stone) to line the inside of my fireplace but I am concerened whether it will be sufficiiently heat resistant.

I am installing a Boiler Solid Fuel Stove which will be set into the chimney cavity with a clearance of ~100 mm on the sides and top of the stove. The heat output from the stove is 19kW.

I would prefer not to use marble

Any advice on the use of the stone or the best type of material to use?

Poor Uncle Tom

You need to check with the manufacturers, but afaik, with the boiler models there is an outer covering which is seperate to the boiler meaning you can put your hand on the stove during use.
If this is the case it should be possible to use most materials to line the area around it, it is a matter of taste.
I used stone cladding which finished 150mm from my stove back (this one is not a boiler model) That's in place 2 years with no ill effects.

BMD

I came across 'Thin Brick' on the internet. Does anyone know if this would be suitable for fireplaces??

feckincrazy

Id say that thin brick. That thin brick is used on the exterior of houses. It mad dear compared to conventional red brick though. Use to be anyway. Ya see its a normal brick then its just cut with a diamond tipped blade. Any form of redbrick would look good. Maybe yer confined for space. have a look on roadstone site.

sinjim

There is a 'Split brick' which is much the same as a thin brick but specially for fireplaces its a yellow kind of colour and i think there around €2.50 each

sinjim

or theres a sheet of fireproof brick effect board called scamulux board its about an inch thick comes in 39 inches wide by 24 high and thats about €60 per sheet

peterc14

you could use heat resistant plaster.

sollar

Nearly every home magazine you buy now will have pictures fo these type of stove fireplaces with brick etc. But none of the tile shops i go into have them and very few of the fireplace shops have similar displays for stoves.

heinbloed

The material is called "Schamotte", an old French term.

Check google images and see if it is actually what you are looking for - a fire proof tile/brick used by oven,stove,kiln and chimney builders.

See also sinjim's post refering to "scamulux board". Sounds similar.

sinjim

Sorry for the spelling its actually SKAMOLEX board

pm me for more infor on either this or the split bricks if you need it.