Insulated door question

[kebwi]

Re: Insulated door question

The entire perimeter of the wood portion of my door will be wrapped, but only with metal. The question will then be, how much heat will the wood take through that interface. Probably alot, seeing as it's metal. I'll see how it goes.

[jcg31]

Re: Insulated door question

Hmmmm, unfortunately metal is a fine conductor, so wood on metal on brick will have the same problems as wood directly on brick, you will need some insulator material between the wood and the brick. Otherwise your results at the higher temps will look like my final experiment before committing to the raised panel.

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/2/ov...html#post54181

The fiberglass rope is available in any home center. The tape is a bit harder to find, but I have a large spool sitting around with no use in sight and if interested I will send you a length to accommodate your door for the cost of shipping it to you.

Jim

[kebwi]

Re: Insulated door question

Yeah, I expect this door to fail in many ways, the rustable steel being one of the most prominent, the wood being another contender. I haven't seen the fiberglass rope in the local HD or Lowe's, but maybe I didn't find the right section. What is the tape? How thick and wide is it? Do I need to apply it in several layers?

[papavino]

Re: Insulated door question

I wouldn't be too concerned about the interior of the door rusting out. I was using mine for a couple months and it didn't develop any rust on the interior (weldable steel) until I left the door fully exposed to the rain (d'oh). Even now it only has a couple spots on it. Nothing too severe.

[jcg31]

Re: Insulated door question

Yeah, I expect this door to fail in many ways, the rustable steel being one of the most prominent, the wood being another contender. I haven't seen the fiberglass rope in the local HD or Lowe's, but maybe I didn't find the right section. What is the tape? How thick and wide is it? Do I need to apply it in several layers?

Take a look in the fireplace or wood stoves section for the cord. They will have the adhesive necessary as well. As for the tape, you will find a picture here:

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/2/ov...html#post57874

You will see that I have lowered my original offer made on this post (I am no longer charging for the tape), someone should get some benefit from this.

As mentioned earlier in the same thread, to construct my door I used a couple of layers of insulation board sandwiched between three sheet metal layers that act as "heat sinks". There is a channel around the edge of the door that holds the fiberglass cord and then 2.5" (by 1/8" by length to fit) fiberglass tape encloses the insulation board (see same thread for photo)