Glass Hearth Plates - specifications

[sean_foley]

My wife and I have purchased a new stove. We plan to install it in our living room. The living room floor is wood. We plan to place a glass hearth plate on the floor underneath the stove.

We believe that we need to use tempered glass to do this. However, I have read elsewhere this this type of glass is prone to shattering.

Is this true.?

If it is not true, what type of glass should we order.? What I mean is, what technical specifications should the glass have?

Many thanks,

Sean

 

[begreen]

Hi Sean, welcome.

What stove have you purchased? My main concern would be that the hearth provides the specified thermal resistance required. This varies from stove to stove, but glass is not the best insulator around. A secondary concern would be the concentrated weight where the stove feet make contact with very small areas of the glass. Perhaps that could be addressed by a small pad under each foot.

This is the first time I've heard of glass being used for this purpose. It's an intriguing idea. Have you seen it done elsewhere?

 

[Bill]

My Morso dealer carries glass hearth pads, either square or rounded fronts, clear and smoked color. He says you can use them on wood floors. But can only be used with certain stoves. They cost abut $250.00.

 

[Corie]

Glass is beautiful underneath the right, modern looking stove.

 

[begreen]

Cool, our Jotul would qualify with it's easy hearth requirements. But I agree, it would look better under a modern Morso or Rais.

It looks like Morso makes or at least sells their own line:
http://www.morsoe.com/us/Products/Accessories/Hearth_pads/Morsø+hearth+pads.htm

 

[Corie]

At the show, all the Scan stoves in the Jotul were on glass hearth's. I commented on how simple and elegant it looked below those very modern looking stoves.