Going to order my Kozyheat tonight

[CountryBoy19]

Finally got my first time home-buyer credit check in the mail. I'm going to put it to good use and buy something that will get me another credit check in the mail

Going to go order the Kozyheat Z42cd tonight. I'll be doing the install myself.

The only thing I'm not 100% confident in is the masonry (hearth and tile around the fireplace). I've laid brick before, but never tile, I'm not sure how different it is. I guess I'll get some tile and cement board and try some tile work for practice before I go to work on the hearth. I still have plenty of time before winter gets here. I don't plan on needing the stove until the coldest of winter because my seasoned wood supply is pretty low (just decided to get the fireplace a month or so ago, up until that point it was just an idea).

I want to get the stove there first and just see how things look and then plan it all out before I start the work so I have plenty of time to read up on all the good articles.

 

[firefighterjake]

I think if you've laid brick before you'll do fine . . . just follow the directions . . . paying close attention to when you should clean off the grout and cement . . . wait too long and you'll end up with a mess.

Trust me on this . . . I've done no tiling before and it was one of those very easy to do projects that you'll wonder why anyone pays anyone to do this . . . well catching myself here . . . I should add that the tiling I did around the stove was just the hearth (horizontal surface only) and it was with irregular sized slate . . . so it was kind of hard to mess up.

If you do a search here you'll find lots of great hearth designs and at least one step-by-step guide to building and tiling the hearth.

 

[begreen]

Also visit the tiling forum at www.johnbridge.com. It's like hearth.com for tiling.

 

[CountryBoy19]

I think if you've laid brick before you'll do fine . . . just follow the directions . . . paying close attention to when you should clean off the grout and cement . . . wait too long and you'll end up with a mess.

Trust me on this . . . I've done no tiling before and it was one of those very easy to do projects that you'll wonder why anyone pays anyone to do this . . . well catching myself here . . . I should add that the tiling I did around the stove was just the hearth (horizontal surface only) and it was with irregular sized slate . . . so it was kind of hard to mess up.

If you do a search here you'll find lots of great hearth designs and at least one step-by-step guide to building and tiling the hearth.

Thanks for the confidence booster That will help a lot....

Also visit the tiling forum at www.johnbridge.com. It's like hearth.com for tiling.

Thanks for pointing me to a good resource, I'll do my research.