my slate rock install

[Dougie]

Hello,
I would like to share a few pictures of my install with you all, but first I want to thank Hearth.Com for having this helpful page. I couldn’t have done it without all of your helpful forums.
The first thing I did was determine were the best place for my stove was and I layed out an area in the cornner with some tape. I then had to take the floor up and poor some footers and ad a header in the crawl space to support the weight of the hearth and stove.
I went with a raised hearth with a layer of cement board micore and then another layer of cement board. On the wall to the left of the stove I went ahead and pulled the drywall off and place cement board on the wall, and then I placed another sheet 1 inch off of that vented from top to bottom. All of the rock I collected over the years from Rocky River. My mantel I made out of a piece of old growth oak that I got from a log cabin that was built in 1850, one nice piece of wood. I used an ax and an old hand plainer that was my grandpa’s, he would be proud of me. My first fire was a test fire from the shavings from the mantel. Has a great draft up the chimney. But thanks everybody for all of your posts again it passed inspection and has been burning ever since. I think my wife is already getting sick of me talking about second burns.

 

[Shari]

Dougie,

Great use of space - you kept it away from the door, you've got your wood stacked next to the stove for convenience (and more just outside the door).

Stone work looks great - you put that puzzle together real fine!

 

[Dougie]

Dougie,

Great use of space - you kept it away from the door, you've got your wood stacked next to the stove for convenience (and more just outside the door).

Stone work looks great - you put that puzzle together real fine!

thanks IF I CAN JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST I WILL BE JUST FINE

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Damn- I really like that.

 

[Dougie]

Damn- I really like that.

Thanks, i think the hardest part was getting the flat slate rocks on the wall. i wanted some big ones in the middle and top, lots of wire and dry time.

 

[jeff_t]

Looks great. I really like the wood box.

 

[Dougie]

Looks great. I really like the wood box.

Thanks Jeff, i maid a cart that i can just roll out in front of the door to load it. i have gone thru two cart fulls in about five days.

 

[davmor]

Nice job. That looks like a professional install.

 

[raybonz]

Great job and one of a kind design!! Time to enjoy the heat and welcome to the forum!

Ray

 

[Dougie]

Nice job. That looks like a professional install.

thanks, i think it will get lots of use

 

[Dougie]

Great job and one of a kind design!! Time to enjoy the heat and welcome to the forum!

Ray

thanks Ray, i thought a lot about how i wanted it , and how it fits the room

 

[Jim41]

great job Dougie, Lot's of BTU's coming your way.

 

[firefighterjake]

Wicked nice . . . something to truly be proud of Dougie.

 

[Dougie]

he thanks everybody, if it would only stop raining so i can go cut some wood for next year

 

[Freeheat]

Nice install . Welcome to the Form always good to have a fellow Burner from Ohio. I'm just a little north in Elyria

 

[Dougie]

Nice install . Welcome to the Form always good to have a fellow Burner from Ohio. I'm just a little north in Elyria

thanks estang, the hearth is my little girls favorite spot to sit in the morning before school.