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    Feb 6, 2007, 09:12 PM
    Cement board
    I plan on installing cement board behind a wood burning open stove on an outside deck.
    Do I need backing behing the cement board and can it be colored using high temp paint?
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    Feb 7, 2007, 09:00 AM
    Cement board is pretty strong material but it is not designed to be exposed to the eliments. Sounds like you are trying to protect a flamible surface from the heat of the stove. I once did this by making a low wall of stacked bricks. It looked pretty good and protecetd the wood railings but you could not lean on it. A friend of mine later improved the wall by glueing the bricks with a caulk tube morter.

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