InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website. Woodstove fire clearance distance specifications: This article describes fire safety distances required between wood stoves and coal stoves and the nearest combustible surface. We discuss child safety zones around wood and pellet stoves, the fire clearances for listed and un-listed wood or pellet stoves, and the construction and installation of a heat shield to reduce the required fire clearance distances around wood heating appliances. The article includes standards for wood or pellet stove installations for various countries and it concludes with photos and descriptions of unsafe wood stove installations.

We discuss fire clearance distance specifications for wood stoves or coal stoves. Wood stove & pellet stove installation codes & standards, listings, labels, certifications. Wood stove or pellet stove heat shield construction & installation specifications. Examples of unsafe wood stove installations. Comments on NFPA 211 'Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents, and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances'. We also provide a to this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom as a quick way to find information you need.

Hard to find a copy or pdf of Csa b365. Installation Code for Solid Fuel Burning Appliances and Equipment Any know a link or have a copy. Jun 27, 2016 - ULC S627 and UL 1482 Standards an accredited. Nual is available for free download on the manufacturer's web site. In Canada, the CSA B365 Installation Code for Solid Fuel Burning Appliances and Equipment.

Fire Clearances for Flues for Woodstoves & Coal stoves Our photo at the top of thi page shows an unsafe wood fireplace installation that lacks adequate clearance from combustibles. Notice also that the connection between the fireplace top and the flue is upside-down and that considerable leakage has occurred out of the flue onto the fireplace top. Some basic rule of thumb fire clearances for woodstoves are shown in the sketch at left.

(Click to enlarge the image). Watch out: Check with your local fire marshall about local building code requirements for fire-clearance distances before installing and using a wood stove, coal stove, or other auxiliary heat source.

Making a mistake can lead to a dangerous building fire. Article Series Contents • - home - you are on this page • • • • • • • • • • • • Child safety: 36' safety zone around Wood Stoves & Pellet Stoves Watch out: Use whatever means necessary to create a 36-inch safety zone around any heating equipment that can get hot enough to burn a child.

Keep small children out of this space. Specific Fire Safety Clearance Distances for Un-Certified Wood Stoves & Pellet Stoves In the U.S.

Certification is monitored by the U.S. EPA who provide a List of EPA Certified Wood Heaters given below. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the U.S.

Wood Heat Safety Organization also provide consistent recommendations for wood stoves that are not carry a certification label. Certifying agencies and standards for other countries are given below. [Click to enlarge any image] Fire safety clearance distances are measured from the closest point of the outer surface of the heating appliance to the closest point of nearby wall, floor or ceiling or to other combustible materials that might be nearby. Keygen.

The wall finish surface, such as drywall is not considered in evaluating the heat resistance or fire safety of the heating appliance. At left is a free-standing wood-burning fireplace installed by the author in the 1970's. Installation was incomplete - no adequate fire shielding was yet provided for this heater. I (DF) lived with this stove as a sole heat source in a different home in the early 1970's and can tell you it is not a design I recommend. I would not install this fireplace today. Watch out: the free-standing fireplace shown is not a safe installation.

While it had a damper controlling the flue to slow burn rate the front of the stove was open except for a screen - a big heat loser for the building as combustion can only be controlled by intelligence: don't build a big fire. And the installation as shown does not meet required clearances to combustibles. • Un-certified woodstove clearance distances: 48' to combustibles at sides, rear, and corners as well as the 'fueling' or or ash removal side of the the heater. This distance might be reduced to 36' with an approved heat shield. • Un-certified woodstove clearance distance: 60' above the stove top to the ceiling or any combustible above the heater.