Thread: Epoxy V's Radiant Heat

It shouldn't, as long it is far enough to be safe for the timber (scorching etc), it should be Ok for epoxy/resins.

Cheers Neil ~ Scorching wont be a problem, it is far enough away to avoid that. I was more concerned about the epoxy melting / contracting / expanding.

hi Dave,
Your post reminded me that, many years ago, I helped a neighbour and friend, who was a high-end builder, do the same thing for a client. The customer wanted a hand adzed red gum slab as a manlepiece over a rather large open fire place. As this was on a rural property and in the NSW Southern Highlands there was a high probability that this fireplace would be well used. My mate wasn't prepared to risk the timber slab let alone the filling epoxy, so we routed a recess on the bottom face and fixed a piece of compressed concrete flooring (= thick fibro?) into the recess. It went back as far as touching the wall and forward to within 50mm of the front and ends with big radius corners and was painted the same colour as the wall. The filling epoxy was then only used on the face and top. 20 odd years later it's still there.

fletty