Ok, all you stove junkies, and helpers extraordinaire... Here is the update to my "calamity".
If you recall, Lopi stoves, as well as Pacific Energy and Napoleon (as well as others, I'm sure), mandate a7' ceiling clearance. Our old house has 6'10", or so. Uggghhh.
I had been wanting a Lopi Endeavor or Republic 1750, and had the hearth for these measurements already framed in, until I saw the ceiling restriction in the owner's manual. It called for "alcove" clearances, which is 3.5 inches of suspended non-combustible material on all surrounding walls and ceilings, plus the one-inch air space. That was a killer.
My whole project came to a grinding halt. I was a little discouraged, to tell you the truth, with the likelihood of much more work, and some that seemed to not jive with the space. I was a little depressed about it. But... I usually can figure out a way to dig myself out of holes like these, so this is where we're at with it right now...
Zapny on here was kind enough to find me an email to a customer service rep at Lopi. I emailed him, and I'll let you interpret his response, as my wife and I see that it could be interpreted a couple of ways... here's the rep's response:
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Mr. Kelly,
Thank you for your interest and inquiry into our product. What you need to do to make this a safe install is following: Use a non-combustible shield (such as the one you mentioned the dealer offered) with a min. width of 36”x 48” deep. You will need the 1” air space that will act as a cooling chamber between the shield and the combustible material in the ceiling. As far as the min. 3.5 “ thick non-combustible material, it doesn’t have to be brick. You can use metal studs and essentially make a drop ceiling that will give you the 1” clearance while utilizing the metal framing with cement board that you may apply tile, granite, slate or other types of non-combustible material. You have options and can indeed make this application work. I hope this helps and talk with Zap further on the option I mentioned, thanks!
Christian Hale [[email protected]]
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So... stove people... did you read this as I did, which was that I could use either the ceiling mounted heat shield or the 3.5 in. non-combustible material? My wife thinks that he's still holding firm to the need to go with thicker material? What's your take?
I'll email him back again, to clarify, but it took a handful of days to hear back from him, and you guys are much quicker!
Plus, I'll be talking with the local fire chief on Monday, so I suspect he'll have his take on it also.
Hope you guys are having a nice Sunday!
If you recall, Lopi stoves, as well as Pacific Energy and Napoleon (as well as others, I'm sure), mandate a7' ceiling clearance. Our old house has 6'10", or so. Uggghhh.
I had been wanting a Lopi Endeavor or Republic 1750, and had the hearth for these measurements already framed in, until I saw the ceiling restriction in the owner's manual. It called for "alcove" clearances, which is 3.5 inches of suspended non-combustible material on all surrounding walls and ceilings, plus the one-inch air space. That was a killer.
My whole project came to a grinding halt. I was a little discouraged, to tell you the truth, with the likelihood of much more work, and some that seemed to not jive with the space. I was a little depressed about it. But... I usually can figure out a way to dig myself out of holes like these, so this is where we're at with it right now...
Zapny on here was kind enough to find me an email to a customer service rep at Lopi. I emailed him, and I'll let you interpret his response, as my wife and I see that it could be interpreted a couple of ways... here's the rep's response:
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Mr. Kelly,
Thank you for your interest and inquiry into our product. What you need to do to make this a safe install is following: Use a non-combustible shield (such as the one you mentioned the dealer offered) with a min. width of 36”x 48” deep. You will need the 1” air space that will act as a cooling chamber between the shield and the combustible material in the ceiling. As far as the min. 3.5 “ thick non-combustible material, it doesn’t have to be brick. You can use metal studs and essentially make a drop ceiling that will give you the 1” clearance while utilizing the metal framing with cement board that you may apply tile, granite, slate or other types of non-combustible material. You have options and can indeed make this application work. I hope this helps and talk with Zap further on the option I mentioned, thanks!
Christian Hale [[email protected]]
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So... stove people... did you read this as I did, which was that I could use either the ceiling mounted heat shield or the 3.5 in. non-combustible material? My wife thinks that he's still holding firm to the need to go with thicker material? What's your take?
I'll email him back again, to clarify, but it took a handful of days to hear back from him, and you guys are much quicker!
Plus, I'll be talking with the local fire chief on Monday, so I suspect he'll have his take on it also.
Hope you guys are having a nice Sunday!