I have been thinking about this. My insert sticks out onto the hearth over a foot, with the blowers. The hearth is made of 6" square terra cotta pavers, they are not tiles, they are over an inch and a half deep. The hearth is flush with the hardwood floor surrounding it, or, if it sticks up it's not much, maybe a 1/4". There's a little wooden trim molding around it, like I say only about 1/4" or so thick.
My insert requires 18" ember protection out front, and I only had maybe 6" or so. I got a hearth extension board that I put down there and figure I am good to go. It's not attractive but it doesn't stick up much and fits the bill - I can remove it in the off season and etc so I like that too.
So some folks on here indicate that it needs to be fixed in place to count. Can I just put a couple screws down through it? That doesn't thrill me.
But changing out the present hearth is not an option as far as I'm concerned (it was built in the 50s by a mason, it goes down well under the floor and is solid and comes out from the chimney foundation under the house) I really don't want to have to pull the stove out to do anything. I'm not totally against cutting out the floor and doing a tile hearth extension but I am not sure how to be sure that it will be the right depth and how I can get something that looks decent, or matches, since this would be a permanent change to the house.
Suggestions? Thin tiles? Different kind of removable extension? it would have to be quite shallow so it wouldn't block the blowers at the bottom.
My insert requires 18" ember protection out front, and I only had maybe 6" or so. I got a hearth extension board that I put down there and figure I am good to go. It's not attractive but it doesn't stick up much and fits the bill - I can remove it in the off season and etc so I like that too.
So some folks on here indicate that it needs to be fixed in place to count. Can I just put a couple screws down through it? That doesn't thrill me.
But changing out the present hearth is not an option as far as I'm concerned (it was built in the 50s by a mason, it goes down well under the floor and is solid and comes out from the chimney foundation under the house) I really don't want to have to pull the stove out to do anything. I'm not totally against cutting out the floor and doing a tile hearth extension but I am not sure how to be sure that it will be the right depth and how I can get something that looks decent, or matches, since this would be a permanent change to the house.
Suggestions? Thin tiles? Different kind of removable extension? it would have to be quite shallow so it wouldn't block the blowers at the bottom.