In search of wall shield ideas

[pfettig77]

Ok, cool. That helps a lot. Why do you need to caulk the corner seam? Because it could shift?
I was thinking of using mortar to level the top edge too. Where is the oak you speak of? Is that the kick plate on your pad?

 

[pfettig77]

Never mind about the oak question. I went back and reread and see that you said it was at the base.

 

[Kobeman]

The corner seam gets caulked so when things expand and contract the have a spot to flex with out cracking the grout/mortar, so far the caulk is holding up great, I was worried about the heat but even when I had the acclaim on the hearth it was good and that thing threw massive amounts of heat out the back, the Isle it never heats up, thats why i had the wall shields was for the acclaim I started with.

 

[Kobeman]

Should add I used a sanded grout with polymer and then used a grout sealer after that cured to keep the white looking good, Nice work on your tile, looks good

 

[Creekheat]

Due to the dimensions I had the end of one side ended up between 2 studs, to keep it symmetrical and not have to open the wall to add blocking I used 1/4" heavy duty togglers to attatch, just counter sunk into the surface of the cement board, so perhaps that would help since they aren't imbedded into the wood studs? If one were to do this you'd want to design 2 "legs" to carry the weight and the toggles to hold it to the wall.

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[Motor7]

Man cave shields...diamond plate aluminium on 1/2" spacers:

 

[pfettig77]

Now THAT'S a manly wall shield! I wonder what the boss would say if I asked her if we could put something like that in the living room. Is that even required since the wall behind it is cement?

 

[Gareth96]

Already had that thought... boss said no...

 

[begreen]

Why shields on concrete walls? Are they just for looks?

 

[Motor7]

Why shields on concrete walls? Are they just for looks?

Three things....One-I don't know what the long term effects are of 4 months of heat year after year on the mortar between those blocks and the Drylock paint that is on the block. Two-I also wanted to reflect as much heat back into the basement that I could without losing it into the block wall. Three- the diamond plate is cool as hell looking