Hamer Fires 5 Series: Basset 5 / 5 Tall - Catalog - Page 19
STOVE DISTANCES
Furniture and Soft Furnishings
Furniture or other combustible materials should be kept at least 1000mm clear from the front of the
stove
Shelves and Beams
Due to the fact that combustible shelves, timber 昀椀replaces, and
beams have potentially thousands of possible con昀椀gurations in
conjunction with stoves outset or inserted partially or fully into
chambers, it is not possible to give 昀椀rm guidance on
dimensions to these features. As a guideline, materials that are
in the ‘line of sight’ to the stove are more likely to overheat due
to direct radiation from the stove body than materials that are
not in ‘line of sight’ (e.g., with the stove fully inside a chamber).
Materials above the stove are far more likely to overheat than
materials alongside or below. A guideline limiting temperature
for solid timber (not surface 昀椀nishes) is approximately 80–85
degrees Celsius with a normal ambient room temperature.
Temperatures of combustible materials can be substantially
lowered with a simple heat shield constructed of a noncombustible material and a small air gap (6–12 mm, for
example) between the shield and the combustible material.
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