Clearance Question

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Steve Roosendaal

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Dec 14, 2007
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Colorado Springs
I tore out my old wood fireplace and plan to install a wood stove. The chase remaining after removal of the fireplace is 54" wide and 28" deep. The floor is concrete slab on grade. The walls are concrete below grade up to 40" and then framed above that.

One of the stoves I'm looking at requires 15" clearance to the wall. With the width of the stove, I can only get 13" on each side to the concrete walls. The nearest "combustible material" (the stud wall above the foundation wall) is about 20" away.

So am I ok with those clearances?

I'm thinking of putting tile or slate directly on the concrete walls and floor. I've done quit a bit of floor and bath tile, is there anything different I need to be aware of when doing the tile around the stove?

I've attached a photo of the demo'd fireplace. Thanks for the help.
 

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Im pretty sure your wall clearance is to combustables and a concrete wall is non cumbustable so you should be fine there if your stove is less then 40" tall which Im sure it is. The other thing to think about is stove pipe clearance, I think its 18" for single wall and 12" for double wall. If you can make that you should be fine. Although I would still cover the studs above the concrete with Duroc just to be on the safe side
 
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