Hello,
Can someone tell me a ballpark figure for the maximum temperature that my steel fire trim will be subjected to? It will surround a standard 18" wide fireplace opening. The fireplace is backed with a standard heat-resistant concrete fireback and will house an unenclosed solid-fuel fire burning coal and wood.
The reason I ask is that I am trying to pin down a suitable adhesive for sticking the trim to the render.
Thanks in advance!
Harry
I doubt it will exceed 100C.
So some fire resisting "silicone" might be sufficient.
Of you could got right up to flue sealant which stands insane temperatures.
Tim Watts wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@squidward.dionic.net:
Embed some magnets?
Depends if the heat demagnetises them which it might...
My open flame gas fire uses magnets to hold the trim. The weight is taken by the hearth so the magnets only have to keep it standing.
Have you checked the Curie point of typical steels and rare earth magnets.
Nope. I'll leave that as an exercise. I just said "might" as in "worth checking"
Tim Watts wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@squidward.dionic.net:
Magnets are established way of doing it, and some trims are sold with magnet kits. It's only my fallback solution, though; I'd prefer sticking the trim in place permanently so it can't be picked off by inquisitive little fingers!
Harry
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