My wife and I are thinking about purchasing a Morso 2B CLASSIC wood stove for our 13' x 18' "parlor".
Due to the small size of the room we thought we'd install the stove left/right (east-west) instead of the traditional front/back (north/south) layout. Morso states a 7" clearance from stove to REAR WALL and a 26" clearance from stove to SIDE WALL. With the stove installed east- west, does the stove's long side, which would now be parallel with the room wall, become the stove's back for clearance measurement purposes? OR, does the stove's side wall radiate so much more heat then the back-end of the unit that I now must observe a 26" clearance to the rear wall? Thanks for your help.
Due to the small size of the room we thought we'd install the stove left/right (east-west) instead of the traditional front/back (north/south) layout. Morso states a 7" clearance from stove to REAR WALL and a 26" clearance from stove to SIDE WALL. With the stove installed east- west, does the stove's long side, which would now be parallel with the room wall, become the stove's back for clearance measurement purposes? OR, does the stove's side wall radiate so much more heat then the back-end of the unit that I now must observe a 26" clearance to the rear wall? Thanks for your help.