Is there anything I am not thinking of, or reasons I should not do this?
I am thinking about building half walls on both sides of my wood stove. I want to do this for two reasons. 1) I will be having children soon and want to keep them safe while they scurry around, and 2) hide the hideous outside air tube that I am required to have by local code.
I plan on building them 3’ 6” high and sticking out from to the front edge of the stove. I will use steel stud, concrete board, and tile to construct them within my 20” side clearance.
Here are some pictures using couch cushions to approximate the walls.
![Adding half walls around my stove Adding half walls around my stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/299/299321-398fb0a43a6ea552a83fa589cc5729e5.jpg)
![Adding half walls around my stove Adding half walls around my stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/299/299322-909b3094c2bb751a7e094b0033e87beb.jpg)
Is there anything I am not thinking of, or reasons I should not do this?
I am thinking about building half walls on both sides of my wood stove. I want to do this for two reasons. 1) I will be having children soon and want to keep them safe while they scurry around, and 2) hide the hideous outside air tube that I am required to have by local code.
I plan on building them 3’ 6” high and sticking out from to the front edge of the stove. I will use steel stud, concrete board, and tile to construct them within my 20” side clearance.
Here are some pictures using couch cushions to approximate the walls.
![Adding half walls around my stove Adding half walls around my stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/299/299321-398fb0a43a6ea552a83fa589cc5729e5.jpg)
![Adding half walls around my stove Adding half walls around my stove](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/299/299322-909b3094c2bb751a7e094b0033e87beb.jpg)
Is there anything I am not thinking of, or reasons I should not do this?