I live in a newer manufactured "double wide" home with 2 x 10 floor trusses and a steel chassis that sits on a block foundation. It's very well built, but still technically a modular.
I posted the other day about my idea, but to recap, I want to tear out the existing corner fireplace and build a really beefy hearth pad that will hold a wood stove. The stove weight is listed at 275 pounds (and approved for mobile homes), and I plan on building the pad out of 2 x 10s and plywood covered in cement board and stone veneer for fireproofing. Here's my general inspiration:
![[Hearth.com] Floor support for hearth pad?](https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/tx-buck91-jpg.7349/ "[Hearth.com] Floor support for hearth pad?")
The entire setup will sit near the foundation (it will be against an outside wall) and sit directly above one of the steel chassis beams. All of that said, is there anything else I should do to strengthen the floor? I haven't been able to find much definitive information about this. Thanks for any help you can throw my way.
I posted the other day about my idea, but to recap, I want to tear out the existing corner fireplace and build a really beefy hearth pad that will hold a wood stove. The stove weight is listed at 275 pounds (and approved for mobile homes), and I plan on building the pad out of 2 x 10s and plywood covered in cement board and stone veneer for fireproofing. Here's my general inspiration:
The entire setup will sit near the foundation (it will be against an outside wall) and sit directly above one of the steel chassis beams. All of that said, is there anything else I should do to strengthen the floor? I haven't been able to find much definitive information about this. Thanks for any help you can throw my way.
