Elevate Summit Insert off hearth floor?

Burn-1 · Apr 23, 2012

I am putting in a Summit Insert in a pretty large fireplace where I currently have a free standing stove. It has an 8 inch raised hearth off the floor. The Summit will fit with more than enough room but I'm wondering if anyone has raised theirs off the hearth so the flames are more at seating level for viewing and also so you don't need to stoop so low to fill the stove.

pen · Apr 23, 2012

If it is sitting out of the fireplace well then I can't see any problems with raising it so long as it doesn't violate any clearance to combustible issues with a mantle or anything else.

My stove sits elevated on one course of bricks just so that I didn't have to cut an odd piece of stove pipe for installation.

If the stove sits pretty deep into this fireplace, I'm thinking that I'd keep it lower to make sure there is plenty of room for the heat to roll out.

pen

Hogwildz · Apr 23, 2012

pen said:
If it is sitting out of the fireplace well then I can't see any problems with raising it so long as it doesn't violate any clearance to combustible issues with a mantle or anything else.

My stove sits elevated on one course of bricks just so that I didn't have to cut an odd piece of stove pipe for installation.

If the stove sits pretty deep into this fireplace, I'm thinking that I'd keep it lower to make sure there is plenty of room for the heat to roll out.

pen

The Summit insert has an outer casing on both sides, top & back. That is where the heat comes out at top, so he can raise it wherever he wants, he will bottom out on the upper casing before he stops heat from coming out. But at that extreme height, there will be no access to the top, pipe etc.
So keep that in mind, when you raise it, leave yourself enough room to be able to reach in and connect the liner. I had about 4 inches and that was a real PITA.

pen · Apr 23, 2012

Saw the summit, missed the insert part. Thanks for the heads up Hogz

DAKSY · Apr 25, 2012

You will probably hafta fabricate a hearth riser to make the
insert look aesthetically pleasing. Seeing a gap underneath
doesn't look good. It's not that you need the blower supported,
like a Regency insert does, but either stone or a welded steel
riser for the unit to set on does look really nice. Go to a local
steel supplier & grab scrap sections of 1/4 or 5/16 thick plate &
have them welded to your specifications...
Just my $.02

Burn-1 · Apr 25, 2012

DAKSY said:
You will probably hafta fabricate a hearth riser to make the
insert look aesthetically pleasing. Seeing a gap underneath
doesn't look good. It's not that you need the blower supported,
like a Regency insert does, but either stone or a welded steel
riser for the unit to set on does look really nice. Go to a local
steel supplier & grab scrap sections of 1/4 or 5/16 thick plate &
have them welded to your specifications...
Just my $.02

I was thinking the same thing. It will require something to make it look good. I have some black granite that I think might work.

Hogwildz · Apr 25, 2012

If you take the front lower plate off, the one the intake air leaver goes through, (two 7/16" bolts hold it on) you can use that as a template and extend the newly made plate down and angle out each side, to follow the contours of the insert. Cut the slot for the intake air lever in the new pc, and install it in place of the old one. Paint it up first. walla, done.

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