[TheForge] temporary heat shield

[Steve Bloom]

Terry and all --

Maybe a bit heavy -- but the heat shield behind my large wood stove 
is cement board (stuff with mesh embedded in a concrete matrix - 
found at Home Depot & Lowes). We screwed 1.5x0.75" strips to the 
cypress walls behind the stove, then screwed the concrete board to 
the strips, leaving an inch clearance at the bottom to allow air to 
flow behind the shield. Stove is ~ 12" away from the concrete 
surface. Floor is wood with a shallow wood box under the stove - 
bottom layer, more concrete board, top layer of tile. A heat probe 
behind the shield when the stove is heating shows a bare rise over 
ambient. Tain't steel but it works, looks good and doesn't rust.

Steve Bloom (Ironflower.com)