Waulie said:When I received the email about the shipping delay this past Tuesday, I replied asking about clearances. Mike said it would be a day or two and would email me "AS SOON AS" they had the numbers. The way-ay-ay-ting is the hardest part.
fire_man said:I just heard from WS. For the 10" leg option, the front clearance tests out to 16-18â€, and requires a minimum Hearth R-value of 0.59. My 1/2" Hardibacker + 3/4 brick is not up to the job. They are still testing with additional heat shields to bring the clearance/R-value numbers down, hopefully to FV specs. The Progress just puts out an enormous amount of heat. Let's wait for the numbers to be officially posted on their website for final validation.
I think its great they kept me informed, I really enjoy doing business with this company. They are as anxious as the rest of us to finalize this thing. Looks like later this week we may get some more news on the additional test results.
fire_man said:Front clearance is measured from the front leading edge of the stove. Its how much hearth you must have in front of the stove.
I just heard from WS. For the 10†leg option, the front clearance tests out to 16-18â€, and requires a minimum Hearth R-value of 0.59. My 1/2†Hardibacker + 3/4 brick is not up to the job.
fire_man said:I just heard from WS. For the 10" leg option, the front clearance tests out to 16-18â€, and requires a minimum Hearth R-value of 0.59. My 1/2" Hardibacker + 3/4 brick is not up to the job. They are still testing with additional heat shields to bring the clearance/R-value numbers down, hopefully to FV specs. The Progress just puts out an enormous amount of heat. Let's wait for the numbers to be officially posted on their website for final validation.
I think its great they kept me informed, I really enjoy doing business with this company. They are as anxious as the rest of us to finalize this thing. Looks like later this week we may get some more news on the additional test results.
It does sounds like you will need a better hearth. One option might be to build it up and extend it at the same time.
I’m on the list for the plinth base model
Waulie, in order to build up the hearth it is going to need a couple layers of Durock, ideally well anchored in place. I am not a tiling pro, but here’s how I would approach doing this.
Slow1 said:Ohh - I can see why they would be working on trying to work up additional shielding. I can imagine there are quite a few folks wanting to upgrade over FV 'ember only' hearths (such as myself) for whom this could well be a deal killer. I certainly can't see re-building my hearth this year - that was one heck of a project when I did it the first time.
I sure hope that this turns out to be a false alarm or that things get worked out such that they can return to the ember protection only hearth (or something very close to it...). What exactly is the R-value of a single layer of dura-rock with tile? ha!
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