Insulation shield

[1937rogerdon]

I have just installed my new Dickinson gas heater,which is very good. However, I need to shield an area close to a bunk side and a cushion.
The plan is to put up a shaped piece of ply,but what do I put on the ply to insulate?
I have some stainless sheet which I can cut and fix to the ply,what would you suggest to go between the stainless and the ply.
Or has anybody other solutions.

Thank you

 

[prv]

I'd suggest an air gap between the stainless and the ply. Thread a short length of copper tube or similar over the screws as a spacer.

Pete

 

[philip_stevens]

I have just installed my new Dickinson gas heater,which is very good. However, I need to shield an area close to a bunk side and a cushion.
The plan is to put up a shaped piece of ply,but what do I put on the ply to insulate?
I have some stainless sheet which I can cut and fix to the ply,what would you suggest to go between the stainless and the ply.
Or has anybody other solutions.

Thank you

When my previous boat was coded for charter, the gas installation engineer surrounded the woodwork around the cooker with stainless steel, without any insulation between SS and wood.

It then complied with the regs.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Master Board

You can purchase 'Master Board' which is a hard insulating material. It comes in 8'x4'x 5 mm thick sheets. Most builders merchants will sell smaller sheets as well. Its water proof - I tested a section in a basin of water which need up being in place for about a year. You can saw it easily. I use it for register plates in chimneys, when installing stoves, to cut and shape to the irregular stone work.

I have also seen it placed in yachts behind stoves in both plain form and between stainless and the woodwork. I would imagine that stainless only would be approved assuming the stove is still the recommended distance from combustable material but I don't know. The Master Board will definitely insulate against very high temperatures up close.

 

[William_H]

Insulation

Good old fibreglass cloth or roven wovings or even chopped strand mat will handle the heat and insulate.
Or find fibreglass ceiling insulation and separate it to a suitable thickness.
However as said the shiny stainless steel will deflect a lot of the heat. You need to decide what is really needed. good luck olewill