Ashford 30.1 - Please Check My Clearances ...

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Vigil Igne

Vigil Igne

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I need help to make sure I have the right clearances based on the wall I'm building. As you'll see in the image below, I have a (thin) brick wall just behind the stove with a mantel on top of it. I'm wondering what clearances I need??? The Ashford 30.1 is about 32" in height but the mantel starts at 48" above the floor. Do I need to stay 6" away from the thin brick or from the mantel? Since mantel is above the height of the stove, I'm guessing I only need to watch the distance of the mantel from the (double) stove pipe (which I believe is 16" in the USA).

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The listed stove clearances will be from the thin brick to the stove. There is typically another diagram for clearances to the mantel. The farther than mantel protrudes from the wall the higher it needs to be, 2" isn't much. Likely no concern here.
 
webby3650 said:
....... There is typically another diagram for clearances to the mantel. The farther than mantel protrudes from the wall the higher it needs to be, 2" isn't much. Likely no concern here.
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Thanks for the response! I'm thinking no problem either but you never know with insurance guys! (Couldn't find any diagram that relates to a mantel. )
 
Make sure you pass this by your insurance folks. Yes, you should be fine and this likely is of no concern. Sadly, ignorant insurance folks can cause some problems if your clearances aren't what they expect, even if you can't get a clear answer on what it is that they do expect. Good luck, and nice illustration
 
PA_Forester said:
Make sure you pass this by your insurance folks. Yes, you should be fine and this likely is of no concern. Sadly, ignorant insurance folks can cause some problems if your clearances aren't what they expect, even if you can't get a clear answer on what it is that they do expect. Good luck, and nice illustration
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Good idea but now my thinking is that the insurance company would probably say "No" since it isn't addressed in the manual. I'll send an email off to Blaze King tomorrow maybe and see what they say first.
 
Vigil Igne said:
Good idea but now my thinking is that the insurance company would probably say "No" since it isn't addressed in the manual. I'll send an email off to Blaze King tomorrow maybe and see what they say first.
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We can just ask the man! @BKVP
I'm gonna say that at 48" and only 2" of projection that you will only need to make sure you have clearance from the connector pipe. Which you will if stove clearances are honored.
 
I'd keep that mantle at least 16.5" away from the top/ back of the stove to play it safe. For the double-wall stove pipe, that clearance to combustibles is only 6", not 16. Single wall stove pipe is 18".
 
Can we clarify this from the original post:"(double) stove pipe (which I believe is 16" in the USA)"

Double wall stove pipe usually has a much lower clearance requirement than single wall stove pipe. Some brands are 8"-9" clearance to combustible. If you are using double wall stove pipe, then verify the clearance. If it's 8 or 9", that will be greater than the 6" rear clearance to combustible required for the stove and the greater of the two must be observed. If you are using single wall stove pipe, then an 18" clearance is required to combustible.
 
My bad. Definitely a double stove pipe which does have the reduced clearances. I had forgot that the 18" was for single pipe! I'm going with the Duravent DVL. I just checked and it has a 6" clearance for walls. Thanks everyone.
 
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webby3650 said:
The listed stove clearances will be from the thin brick to the stove.
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I thought it was called "clearance to combustibles" which would be to the first combustible surface. Why would you measure to the face of brick?
 
Highbeam is correct.
 
Highbeam said:
I thought it was called "clearance to combustibles" which would be to the first combustible surface. Why would you measure to the face of brick?
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The brick is only 1/2" thick, why cut it so close? With only 1/2" thickness and typically being glued to the wall it's easier and safer to just measure to the brick.

Oftentimes on an install there is no real good way to know for sure how thick the brick even is. Treating the brick as the "combustible" surface is safest thing to do for us a lot of the time.
 
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webby3650 said:
The brick is only 1/2" thick, why cut it so close? With only 1/2" thickness and typically being glued to the wall it's easier and safer to just measure to the brick.

Oftentimes on an install there is no real good way to know for sure how thick the brick even is. Treating the brick as the "combustible" surface is safest thing to do for us a lot of the time.
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Better to error on the safe side...
 
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