Mark Glen

The stove is around 50mm away from the wall. The stove and liner sit within an old victorian open fire the liner goes up the old chimney and the chimney is deeper and wider than the stove itself. The stove is 8kw and the external wall is 2 skins of 100mm brick with a cavity of some size probably again around 100mm. I would have to measure the hot spot but seems to be a little smaller than the stove itself but right behind it  

Behind the stove is I assume a brick ca its wall with no insulation. The house is around 120 years old. The strange thing is if I reach behind the stove (very carefully) the back wall doesn't seem that hot.

Hi everyone. I have had a wood stove for about 6 months and with the cold weather are pretty much running it all day and night. We have had a friend visit today and mentioned that the outside brick wall behind the stove is hot. I have checked and it is really really hot. I can barely keep my hand on it for more than a few seconds. Surely that can't be right? It is right behind the box but the flue goes up vertically from the top. Is there something wrong with the install?