Protect Siding From Grill Heat

The day after the cookout store it in a dry location indoors.

Protect siding from grill heat.

Lean it securely against the side of your home between it and the gas grill. From your lumberyard get a 4 by 8 panel of fireproof rated drywall. How about some metal siding in a color that goes with what you have. The most logical place for our gas grill a mid sized three burner grill on which we cook a couple of times per week happens to be alongside an exterior wall clad in vinyl siding.

You also want to make sure that your grill doesn t deposit toxic levels of carbon monoxide into your house through a window. For your temporary shield siding repair pros recommend purchasing a 4 x8 panel of fireproof rated drywall. Might need to slap on another coat at the start of each grill season but this is pretty short work. Resistant to radiant heat and easily touched up it is also cheap.

Your house is not designed to handle the intense heat from a grill and there is no way to put a heat shield on the side of your house. Set a 5x5 piece of sheet metal over the same size piece of fire resistant drywall and drill holes through the metal into the drywall in the four corners. Keep it secured against the side of the building between the building and your gas grill. The heat shield must be larger than grill.

Step 4 attach the metal to the drywall with screws. Another thought particularly if the fence is painted white would be to paint on a good coat of slaked lime. The way metal is installed behind a wood burning appliance is it is mounted against the back wall with 1 inch stand offs to leave a space behind it. You can place the bottom of the panel at least two feet from the wall to keep it from falling.

Keep the bottom part of the panel at least two feet from the siding to prevent it from falling. It s possible that you install a too small heat shield and protect a small area but you melt the siding beyond the heat shield. While we ve been pretty careful so far this season to keep the grill a reasonable distance from the siding it s starting to show signs of heat damage some warping. There is also a product called stove board that may come with fasteners for drywall but you will need to come up with your own fasteners for vinyl siding.

Lime in a bucket. 0 5mm thickness thermaflect heat shield cloth aluminum fiberglass heat shield protection with self adhesive backing heat barrier 1 square foot 12 x 12 4 4 out of 5 stars 29 12 99 12. Make a heat shield to protect the vinyl siding on rainy days when the grill absolutely must remain near the house.