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    Fire resistant material design suggestions for alcove housing a VC Encore

    Hello, would appreciate any ideas/suggestions for how to finish the design work on top of the hardy board areas surrounding our new Encore. We're not sure if tile, slate, stone -- something else -- is best. Looking for ideas on both materials and color. The stove color is brown and the pipe...
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    permabase--seen both OK and not on the site

    HI I am building an alcove which will have 1" air gap convection wall covered with tile for a Lopi Patriot stove. The contractor picked up Permabase from the local lumberyard. I read here both that perm abase is OK and not Ok because of the polystyrene. Should I stop the project and have only...
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