Well the title says it all. I need pre-install advice. What better time to get it
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
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
