Well I didn't read my R requirements correctly for floor protection on my Heritage, and now I've got a real issue. I built a real nice stone covered hearth pad for my rear vent installation. Only I thought I only needed ember protection like the Mansfield stove. I'm going through the wall with a thimble to an outside class A chimney, so I've already cut my hole and built my 5 foot high stone wall protection too. (I have good clearance to the wall with rear heat shield).
But now I see the R 1.2 spec for the floor. I built a 2x4, 12" on centers (on edges) raised hearth frame, over which I placed some left over 5/8 plywood, then 1/2 inch Duorock Next Gen, then 1/2 inch mortar, and 1.5 to 2 inch thick flat limestone. Looks great!
Only problem is its not R 1.2 I guess. So now I have a perfect thimble hole height (with about 3/8 inch of incline to outside) and stove looks great sitting up on this stone hearth and wall. So do I need to put a thin black stove pad or make something out of thin Micore to put under stove to up the R value? Or do you guys think this will suffice as is?
Haven't fired it up yet and don't want to tear out all my stonework- is there a 1/4 inch or 3/8 inch material that would give me my needed R boost? Or am I screwed.....I created this little dilemna- so Im kicking myself- would have been real easy to have added a half inch of something on the duorock- oh well....help?
But now I see the R 1.2 spec for the floor. I built a 2x4, 12" on centers (on edges) raised hearth frame, over which I placed some left over 5/8 plywood, then 1/2 inch Duorock Next Gen, then 1/2 inch mortar, and 1.5 to 2 inch thick flat limestone. Looks great!
Only problem is its not R 1.2 I guess. So now I have a perfect thimble hole height (with about 3/8 inch of incline to outside) and stove looks great sitting up on this stone hearth and wall. So do I need to put a thin black stove pad or make something out of thin Micore to put under stove to up the R value? Or do you guys think this will suffice as is?
Haven't fired it up yet and don't want to tear out all my stonework- is there a 1/4 inch or 3/8 inch material that would give me my needed R boost? Or am I screwed.....I created this little dilemna- so Im kicking myself- would have been real easy to have added a half inch of something on the duorock- oh well....help?