Hi there, I work at a county in way northern Wisconsin and we are putting up 2 yurts this spring. After reading these forums we settled on the England Stove works model 50-SNC13 for heating (http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200649089_200649089) I am hoping that is the same as the Englander 13 that everyone here seems to like. The install manual is the same so I am thinking that just had a name change.
Now that we have our stove picked out, we are discussing hearth pads. Initially, we had just thought about putting down 1/8th inch steel. We are modeling our yurts after some yurts at the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan and they put down some thin tin or something below their stoves, although they built their stoves and they sit pretty high off the ground. But then we started reading the install manual and got nervous about the r-factor and if we should do something a little better. This is the Porcupine Mountain Yurt:
We have a limited budget and a limited timeline, so we were thinking about just buying a pre-made hearth pad although those aren't exactly cheap. We already have a contractor on board to build the yurt base and deck, and we don't really want to add too much to his plate especially since detail stuff like tiling a hearth would get pricey. We won't have power at the site to have any sort of tile cutter or anything either. This is a rustic yurt so we don't need anything fancy, but we also don't want things looking super cheap.
So do you guys have any advice? Would steel be fine or a terrible idea? would steel over fiberboard work? I was looking at some big box stores and they sell hearth pads that are steel over 1/2 inch fiberboard and have an r-value of 1.5. Is there some reason this shouldn't be DIYed? We are open to any ideas really.
Thanks for any thoughts or advice!
Now that we have our stove picked out, we are discussing hearth pads. Initially, we had just thought about putting down 1/8th inch steel. We are modeling our yurts after some yurts at the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan and they put down some thin tin or something below their stoves, although they built their stoves and they sit pretty high off the ground. But then we started reading the install manual and got nervous about the r-factor and if we should do something a little better. This is the Porcupine Mountain Yurt:
We have a limited budget and a limited timeline, so we were thinking about just buying a pre-made hearth pad although those aren't exactly cheap. We already have a contractor on board to build the yurt base and deck, and we don't really want to add too much to his plate especially since detail stuff like tiling a hearth would get pricey. We won't have power at the site to have any sort of tile cutter or anything either. This is a rustic yurt so we don't need anything fancy, but we also don't want things looking super cheap.
So do you guys have any advice? Would steel be fine or a terrible idea? would steel over fiberboard work? I was looking at some big box stores and they sell hearth pads that are steel over 1/2 inch fiberboard and have an r-value of 1.5. Is there some reason this shouldn't be DIYed? We are open to any ideas really.
Thanks for any thoughts or advice!
