Have a corner wall installed Lopi Endeavor stove meeting all the specifications. 91 degrees is the highest temperature I have read when burning with the stove top at 600 and combustion at 1,000. Don't think this temperature is high enough to worry about, but want opinions. Thinking about a custom heat shield so I can fire it up higher without worries.
What is, fire it up higher? If you meet clearance you should be fine. 91 isn’t anything to worry about. Owl
Spot on. Never thought about how hot the attic gets when it is 100 degrees outside and full sun beating on the roof. My Lopi manual considers 800* over fired. Don't plan on getting the stove close to that temp. since 500-550* keeps the house toasty on most days.
I don’t think a heat shield is necessary but if it would make you feel more comfortable with the stove then install a heat shield If the stove top is 600 degrees that is pretty hot How much hotter are you thinking you may need to go
I've noticed that the stove top fans we all banter about from time to time keep the heat shield on my wall behind my stove cooler than when I don't have the fan on the stove. My best guess is that it pulls in the cooler air from around and below the stove better than they move warm air. If you have one of those stoves give it a shot and see if there's any difference. Arguably cheaper than putting up a heat shield. Having said that- we have a heat shield, spaced 1 inch off the wall and I personally recommend it for peace of mind alone, especially since you're asking. Never thinking about it again might make whatever the cost is worth it in the end.
My wall gets considerably hotter than 90 degrees, i can't really remember the actual temps when I last took them with an infared but its not too hot to keep my hand on. I'm at minimum clearance on a corner install with my PE stove but it gets run 24/7 during the heating season for the last 8 seasons. don't wanna be "that guy" but I think if there was gonna be an issue with my temps i would've noticed something by now...Unless of course we consider reverse pyrolisis on the studs behind the drywall but I'm still going to trust the stove specs.
My stove calls for 13.5 inch clearance on the sides. As it sits it is about 17 inches from the wall and it was still, in my opinion getting very hot. No readings, just seemed too hot. I put up a heat shield for peace of mind.
I figured, if nothing else, that heat would be deflected into the room rather than absorbed by the wall.
Most of it...some still gets absorbed though too...an properly spaced (air cooled) heat shield will stop 99.99% of that though.
Gotta figure too UL testing relies on either 110 or 115 degrees *above* ambient room temp. That means if your room is 80ish or so with the stove running, figure 190 or so degrees is really pushing the limits. 90 degrees like you mentioned is nothing.
