Need advice on stove installation

[jwc4]

Hi everybody! I just bought a new house that has a spot for a wood stove but the stove pipe coming out of the wall is too high for the stoves I've been looking at. I've never had a wood stove before but it seems like I'm pretty limited by having a stove pipe inlet coming out of the wall rather than down from the ceiling, My mid-line is 28 inches.
I was looking at getting a Jotul but the exit for the one I liked was at about 22 1/2 inches. I'm not crazy about busting up the tile that it will be sitting on - are there any pedestals or something like that to help with this type of thing. I thought about getting a big piece of flagstone but I don't know if I could get an exact height and it would be a bear just to carry it in!

 

[vwmike]

Have you looked at any of the Woodstock line of stoves? I don’t know exact nights but know some of there newer steel stoves have adjustable legs which may get you very close.

 

[Ludlow]

How can it be too high? I dont get it.

Too low maybe.

 

[Bad LP]

How can it be too high? I dont get it.

Too low maybe.

Good. I'm not losing my mind.

 

[weatherguy]

Can you show us a pic of your setup?

 

[begreen]

One option is to raise the stove by building up the hearth height.

What Jotul are you considering?

 

[blades]

Bricks under the legs or pedestal or a similar non-combustible material in essence a pad on a pad