How To Build A Raised Hearth For A Pellet Stove
A hearth pad if made well can add beauty to your home.
How to build a raised hearth for a pellet stove. I m building a hearth pad for my cast iron vermont casting free standing wood burning stove. The r value is still reduced from that needed under the stove by about 60 this is almost a worse case stove since it sits on mini legs sits out near the end of the hearth stove and glass can radiate down easier etc. Make it 48 by 48 inches so that it will be large enough to hold the stove extra wood and tools for the stove. If you sit your stove on carpet wood vinyl or some other combustible material the heat from the stove can damage and even worse ignite the floor materials.
Before installing a wood burning stove in the corner of your room you will want to install a corner hearth pad for safety. Step 2 position the two 2 by 4 by 45 inch boards between the 48 inch boards. Thank you for following us on this incredible life changing journey. We started our own online general store where we have available the things we make and use in real life.
Once the hearth pad is built you can decorate it. You can make a raised hearth as a do it yourself project. See enclosed or go to hearthstone site. The hearth pad can be as simple as a metal shield or even a concrete slab but the stove must sit on a non combustible surface.
Some airtight wood stoves can weigh as much as 380 pounds or more because of the thick steel used in fabrication so you need to build a hearth that supports this weight. Without one of these pads you can damage your floor or worse cause a fire. Make sure the tiles sit flush with the front edge of the pellet stove pad so you only have to make cuts to tiles on the two sides of the width and the back edge of the pad. Use 1 4 inch tile.
This pad must be resistant to fire and solid enough to hold the stove s weight. You can make this pad as decorative and elaborate as you want or you can make it simple with just a few bricks. The 2 inch edges should be on the work surface. Avoid slapping just a.
I just want to show how easy it is to set the hearth stone using type s mortar and some metal lath. If you re planning on adding a wood stove to an existing room you also need to construct a raised hearth to protect the flooring beneath the stove from heat. Your new hearth can be tiled in a number of different materials from ceramic to stone but make sure you build it with heat safety in mind as well as looks.