-- wrote:
> "Andy" > wrote in message
> u...
> > Advantages and disadvantages please.
> >
>
> in addition to the extra care in cleaning stainless over cleaning
tile, you
> also need to put 5/8" sheetrock in nail-offset fire-proof
construction to
> get the same code rating as tile
> - (and you will need to meet code in the cooking area to have your
> insurance pay out if there is a fire)

I can't believe they could enforce that; certainly other aspects of
the house don't have to meet code. For example, my insurance agent
said we could get a discount if we re-wired the house, but she didn't
mention that electrical fire claims would not be paid if we kept the
original wiring. I think it would be big news if that were the case.

My house is 50 years old; the wall behind the stove is old sheetrock
of some kind, probably with a plaster skim coat, and paint over that.
Certainly fire-resistant, but nothing special.

> (in the short answer, fire-resistant construction in the cooking
area means
> no metal from cooktop area- e.g., backsplash - may contact framing
> material - thus fasteners must be "blind", e.g. by using two sheets
of
> fire-rated material with nails offset sheet-to-sheet so as to not
provide a
> path thru the two sheets, or the fasteners to the framing be isolated
by a
> top layer of tile)
>


Cindy Hamilton