Hearth Question

[Chuck the Canuck]

Hi. I've looked into this issue, but I don't feel comfortable assuming I know what I'm doing (Oh, how I wish I felt like this in my 20's).... Anyway, I have a Drolet Austral (1st iteration) in my basement. I have 61" from the top of my stove to the bottom of my ceiling box where the 6" double wall connects.

 

[begreen]

What is the question?

 

[Chuck the Canuck]

Oh my Lord. I think I'm losing it... so the question would be, can I put a 12 - 24" high hearth, made out of ckinder blocks, under the stove? The stove is presently resting on a concrete floor in the basement. It's a straight shot right up and out the roof.

 

[bholler]

Oh my Lord. I think I'm losing it... so the question would be, can I put a 12 - 24" high hearth, made out of ckinder blocks, under the stove? The stove is presently resting on a concrete floor in the basement. It's a straight shot right up and out the roof.

What height is the ceiling required to be over your stove? It should say in the manual

 

[Chuck the Canuck]

Hi. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I can't find the manual (which I was looking at (and taking some pictures of) a few weeks ago. I found an Drolet Austral manual online and have snipped a couple of pages out of that, plus I've added a super sad looking picture/drawing that shows what I'm aiming at doing. I'll attach the pics for your perusal. Anyway, as per your question, it looks like the want a height of 84" for the ceiling, which is fine because I have 91" from cement floor to bottom of the ceiling support box. I'm thinking that I'd like to build a cinderblock base (or hearth?) that will be 18" high. Then I'll plonk the stove on top of that for another 30", or 48 & 3/8" high so far. That would leave me with 43" of double wall stove pipe to get from the top of the stove to the bottom of the ceiling support box. And praise the Lord, I have one last page from the manual which states categorically that I only need 42 inches between the top of the stove and the bottom of the ceiling support (or ~44.5" to the rafters.... I'm allowing myself to feel a bit excited now, maybe this will work after all??? Cheers