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[NewburnerID]

Great area, I was in Payette for 10 years. Just headed further north to Cottonwood last year.

I love Cottonwood. Used to go up there for work (Corrections) 3 or 4 times a year. Good move on your part!

 

[Woody Stover]

I love Cottonwood....Good move on your part!

As a wood-heat guy, I'd have an aversion to a place with that name.

 

[rwhite]

As a wood-heat guy, I'd have an aversion to a place with that name.

What's funny is there's not many that grow here. And actually I live in Winchester which is a much cooler name! Just have to commute to Cottonwood.

 

[rwhite]

How's the hunt for the stove location going?

 

[NewburnerID]

Great area, I was in Payette for 10 years. Just headed further north to Cottonwood last year.

I love Cottonwood. Used to go up there for work (Corrections) 3 or 4 times a year. Good move on your part!

How's the hunt for the stove location going?

Well!! We used all the advice on here and decided to put the stove just to the left of the window on the back wall, to the right of the kitchen nook. I also ordered the Englander 30-NC (2400 sq/ft) from HD. $899 with back heat plate and fan (loud one, need to swap it out!).

I'm now wondering about the hearth. We will be using the legs, and read online that 1' of air space equals 1 R value. So, the stove ships with the pedestal, and calls for 1.5 R value hearth. Does using the legs change the requirements to .5 R value?

Thanks everyone!

 

[rwhite]

The manual doesn't state that it reduces the r value so I would say you still need 1.5. This is a good link for r-values of common materials. When I built mine I used micore. The community building center in Ontario often has old cubicle walls for sale. Find the ones that feel like they have a "hard" back and they will be made from micore. I stripped the fabric off and sandwiched it between durock. Micore looks like compressed newspaper and has very little structural integrity. I think I paid $5 for one partition which amounted to 2 5x5 sheets of micore.

 

[NewburnerID]

The manual doesn't state that it reduces the r value so I would say you still need 1.5. This is a good link for r-values of common materials. When I built mine I used micore. The community building center in Ontario often has old cubicle walls for sale. Find the ones that feel like they have a "hard" back and they will be made from micore. I stripped the fabric off and sandwiched it between durock. Micore looks like compressed newspaper and has very little structural integrity. I think I paid $5 for one partition which amounted to 2 5x5 sheets of micore.

Thanks for the tips RWhite! Did you mean to post a link to the R Value site?

 

[rwhite]

Thanks for the tips RWhite! Did you mean to post a link to the R Value site?

https://chimneysweeponline.com/horvalue.htm