Well the title says it all. I need pre-install advice. What better time to get it![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
The stove was given to me by my brother-in-law that knows I'm short(full-time student with a stay-at-home wife/mom) on cash and long on a do-it-myself woodpile and a do-it-right-myself attitude. I have access to a splitter, chainsaw, lots of fallen hardwood and am able to use a screwdriver/hammer/circular saw without jamming them through my forehead. The stove is what I think to be a Baby Bear. It has a cast(?)single door with "Fisher" embossed on the front. Its foot print is approximatly 18 1/2" x 33" with the 6" opening for the chimney on the back. It looks just like the one for the patent without the top that opens.
My home is a 1300 sq/ft ranch with the living room in the center. I intend to put it catty-cornered in a corner of my living room that one wall has a window 45" from the corner. I'll be putting up/down as much cement board/tile as needed. I will be installing whatever is necessary to make the stove safe for my family of four. This is where the experts(hopefully you guys/gals) come in. How far does the chimney need to be from the wall? How far from the wall does the stove need to be? I saw 36" on the site some where but I was wondering about installing in a corner and heat shielding for the walls. How big a surround? Will tile and backer board be enough of a heatshield? I realixe that if I put the stove far enough from the wall, I could line the room with firecrackers and be ok but I really don't want to have to look around the stove to watch MotoGP or live in a house with a woodstove and firecrackers lining the walls!
Yes, I know it is old(1975? per patent info) and inefficient. Yes, I know it needs an additional door gasket to get a controllable burn. It may even need a baffle plate and some other stuff but what better time to find out than BEFORE I cut a hole in my roof...
With my tongue in my cheek and thanks in advance, I'll be here nightly all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Crusty
![Smile :) :)](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/grin.gif)
The stove was given to me by my brother-in-law that knows I'm short(full-time student with a stay-at-home wife/mom) on cash and long on a do-it-myself woodpile and a do-it-right-myself attitude. I have access to a splitter, chainsaw, lots of fallen hardwood and am able to use a screwdriver/hammer/circular saw without jamming them through my forehead. The stove is what I think to be a Baby Bear. It has a cast(?)single door with "Fisher" embossed on the front. Its foot print is approximatly 18 1/2" x 33" with the 6" opening for the chimney on the back. It looks just like the one for the patent without the top that opens.
My home is a 1300 sq/ft ranch with the living room in the center. I intend to put it catty-cornered in a corner of my living room that one wall has a window 45" from the corner. I'll be putting up/down as much cement board/tile as needed. I will be installing whatever is necessary to make the stove safe for my family of four. This is where the experts(hopefully you guys/gals) come in. How far does the chimney need to be from the wall? How far from the wall does the stove need to be? I saw 36" on the site some where but I was wondering about installing in a corner and heat shielding for the walls. How big a surround? Will tile and backer board be enough of a heatshield? I realixe that if I put the stove far enough from the wall, I could line the room with firecrackers and be ok but I really don't want to have to look around the stove to watch MotoGP or live in a house with a woodstove and firecrackers lining the walls!
Yes, I know it is old(1975? per patent info) and inefficient. Yes, I know it needs an additional door gasket to get a controllable burn. It may even need a baffle plate and some other stuff but what better time to find out than BEFORE I cut a hole in my roof...
With my tongue in my cheek and thanks in advance, I'll be here nightly all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Crusty