I am going to start building a hearth for my wood stove installation and I have a few questions. The stove will be a VC Defiant or Defiant Encore. I havent decided yet, so am sizing the hearth for the larger of the 2 stoves.
First, the room is a concrete slab, tiled wall to wall. The stove requires 44" x 46" of floor protection. I am assuming that since the entire floor is non-combustable, I could sit the stove right on top of the tile if I wanted to. Under the stove I am going to be using 20" x 20" x 1.5" thick hearthstones. Am I correct in assuming that since the floor is non-combustable, I can make the stone area under the stove smaller than 44" x 46" ?
Second, the stove will be positioned parallel to wall, not in a corner. The manual says the stove requires 15" of clearance between the wall and the rear heat shield for an "Unprotected Surface", and 3" of clearance for a "Protected" surface. They suggest using a sheetmetal heat shield spaced off the wall with non-combustable spacers to make the wall "Protected". But theres no further info for other options. I am planning on using stone veneer over cement board on the wall behind the stove. How do I find out if this will allow me to position the stove closer to the wall than 15"? The Durock 1/2" cement board has an R value of .26, and the stone veneer has an R value of .476 at 1.387 inches thick.
Thanks
First, the room is a concrete slab, tiled wall to wall. The stove requires 44" x 46" of floor protection. I am assuming that since the entire floor is non-combustable, I could sit the stove right on top of the tile if I wanted to. Under the stove I am going to be using 20" x 20" x 1.5" thick hearthstones. Am I correct in assuming that since the floor is non-combustable, I can make the stone area under the stove smaller than 44" x 46" ?
Second, the stove will be positioned parallel to wall, not in a corner. The manual says the stove requires 15" of clearance between the wall and the rear heat shield for an "Unprotected Surface", and 3" of clearance for a "Protected" surface. They suggest using a sheetmetal heat shield spaced off the wall with non-combustable spacers to make the wall "Protected". But theres no further info for other options. I am planning on using stone veneer over cement board on the wall behind the stove. How do I find out if this will allow me to position the stove closer to the wall than 15"? The Durock 1/2" cement board has an R value of .26, and the stone veneer has an R value of .476 at 1.387 inches thick.
Thanks