Framing for new Wood Burning Insert

[Mikeb82]

Hi All,

We are about to take the plunge into wood burning fireplaces, with the purchase of a Pacific Energy Neo 1.6.

We are having it professionally installed, and the installer left us with clearance/opening dimensions, etc for us to do the framing and finishing of the face, mantel, etc.

I have never used metal studs before, and this insert is going to be going into an old brick/metal fire box traditional chimney.

Our plan is to build out the width of a 2x4, so that we can drywall the top half (Mount a TV), and put cement board on the bottom half to tile and place a mantel around.

Are there any posts/pictures that would help me to figure how to mix and match the wood for the outer studs and metal for the ones closest to the fireplace where we can't have combustibles?

Here is a picture of the blank canvas we're working with.

 

[DAKSY]

You had better contact your building inspector. The installation you intend to do is probably not going to be approved.
From the install manual:

Installation
Your Insert is designed to be installed into an approved masonry
or factory built zero-clearance fireplace. The masonry
fi replace must be built according to the requirements of the
Standard of Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents and Solid Fuel
Burning appliances, N.F.P.A. 211 (Latest Edition) or applicable
National, Provincial, State or local codes. The installation
shall conform to CAN/CSA-B365, Installation Code
for Solid-Fuel-Burning Appliances and Equipment. The
factory built zero-clearance fireplace and its chimney must be
listed per UL 127 or ULC S610 standards.

Sorry to "burst your bubble," but I wouldn't install a woodburning
appliance in this manner. It's simply not designed for this method...
Gas burning, yes, but not wood...
Others can chime in now...

 

[bholler]

You could face that in brick then frame out beside and above with the proper clearances of course. The tile over the brick and cement board on the bottom and have drywall on top. And even a regular gas insert would need the same thing they have the same type of requirements as far as needing to go into a to code firebox.