RE: Hearth finished

Installed the stove several years back . . . put down the hearth, but left the painted drywall behind the stove. The drywall in the corners has kept cracking with the heat and my wife has been concerned with the hot walls (even though it's within the acceptable temps and the stove is at the proper clearance.)

I've always wanted to make things look a bit better anyways so we opted to fix up the walls behind the stove.

Was going to go with stacked stone, but found a porcelain tile at Lowes that honestly went up very quickly and looks halfway decent . . . I like the look . . . wife likes the fact that there is a layer of tile and then cement board under that as it has given her some piece of mind.

Here are some pics.

NHcpa said:

Beautiful stone, texture and color combo!

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Gotta give credit where credit is due . . . that's all my wife. She really has an eye for how things go together in terms of color, textures, patterns, etc. So many times I'll question her choice (i.e. the brown metal roof with the green siding on our house . . . one of many things) and when the work is all done I invariably have to sit back and eat my words.

Told her the other day that if she wasn't a nurse she would have made a good designer . . . except that up here in Maine most designers have to figure things around what looks good with the blue tarp on the roof, green tarp on the wood pile, gray tarp over the junk car sitting out front, etc.

Swedishchef said:

NIce Jake! It looks sharp! Good job.

On another note, Maine isn't THAT bad, is it? lol

Andrew

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No ... like any place there are nicer places and not so nice.

Warm_in_NH said:

Looks great Jake.
What kind of stone / tile (brand, bought at?) Is that on the wall? We're thinking about something very similar for our Oslo hearth.

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http://www.lowes.com/pd_488152-2871...URL=?Ntt=porcelain+wall+tile&page=2&facetInfo=

Lowe's ... used thinset with added latex on to Durock used in place of drywall. Hearth floor is real slate with Durock on top of plywood.

jeepnerd said:

I'm getting my Oslo in early November. How warm does your floor get? Do you load with the side door?

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Floor in front of the neoceram gets a little warm . . . often the cats use lay down on the floor and use the warm hearth as a pillow . . . so it's not hot. Floor to the side, underneath and behind the stove are less warm . . . I have another cat who pretty much spends most of her winter behind the woodstove.

Well . . . as you may or may not know using the side loading door with a corner installation with the Oslo is not allowed . . . so I cannot really say if I use the side door or not . . . at least not in public. I will say, using the front door only would be a royal pain.

NVHunter said:

Did you make the wall a shield with a 1" air gap or is this just for looks and attached directly to the wall with studs behind it?

Looks great I think!!

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No, it's not designed as a wall shield. I did it mostly for the looks since the stove actually exceeds the clearance requirements . . . however, I used the Durock and put up the tile as my wife was a bit concerned with the temperature of the wall and she feels better with Durock and non-combustible tile behind the stove vs. paint and paper-backed drywall.

The whole shebang is attached directly to the studs behind it.

Thanks for the compliments folks.