I know I have posted this already but it was as part of a longer thread on install, so I hoped if I broke this subject out I might get an answer.
I purchased a used woodstove, which is a "hearth stove" type insert in that about 10" or a third or so of the stove sits directly on the hearth.
Didn't realize until I nearly got it home that the stove is expected to be installed on a raised hearth of at least 6". My hearth is flush with the floor.
I need to figure out either what the R value of the 6" brick is, (the manual gives no such specs) and see whether I can somehow modify my flush hearth to comply, by replacing it with another material/subfloor or putting layers of something on top.
OR, I need to figure out a way to elevate the stove. (Actually Building a real raised hearth is not an option for me with this fireplace configuration.)
I think I could raise the stove itself and put it on stove board and that would be about similar to a freestanding stove, no? This is not the way I wanted it, but I want to make this work one way or another.
So, Can I put the stove on a pad of stacked concrete pavers or block which in turn sits on a piece of stove board? Or a stack of cement board? Or get a couple pcs of steel eye beams? Anything?
(Stove is an Englander 24 JC. Very nice stove. HUGE stove when it's not backed into the fireplace and is sitting in my dining room! Still waiting on liner quotes and now have this 6" issue.)
Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
If you prefer, this is the other thread I had going about this stove and etc. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/45871/
I purchased a used woodstove, which is a "hearth stove" type insert in that about 10" or a third or so of the stove sits directly on the hearth.
Didn't realize until I nearly got it home that the stove is expected to be installed on a raised hearth of at least 6". My hearth is flush with the floor.
I need to figure out either what the R value of the 6" brick is, (the manual gives no such specs) and see whether I can somehow modify my flush hearth to comply, by replacing it with another material/subfloor or putting layers of something on top.
OR, I need to figure out a way to elevate the stove. (Actually Building a real raised hearth is not an option for me with this fireplace configuration.)
I think I could raise the stove itself and put it on stove board and that would be about similar to a freestanding stove, no? This is not the way I wanted it, but I want to make this work one way or another.
So, Can I put the stove on a pad of stacked concrete pavers or block which in turn sits on a piece of stove board? Or a stack of cement board? Or get a couple pcs of steel eye beams? Anything?
(Stove is an Englander 24 JC. Very nice stove. HUGE stove when it's not backed into the fireplace and is sitting in my dining room! Still waiting on liner quotes and now have this 6" issue.)
Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
If you prefer, this is the other thread I had going about this stove and etc. https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/45871/