Hearth Pad shock!

[oliver5528]

I helped a buddy of mine build a hearth. We used a old sheet of 1/4" diamond plate, wrapped the edge with 1/2" rod iron and painted it flat black. Made a nice hearth. I like it better than my tile hearth. this is my PC45 notice the baby guard I made to keep my baby away

 

[lessoil]

That looks real good!
I like the rod iron and kettle. Will have to get our kettle out of storage.
Good to put moisture into the air.
We bought a "Fence" for our babies(See below) at a pet store.
Hopefully we will remove it shortly.
Not as nice looking as your setup.

Can you remove it easily to do maintenance ect?

 

[cntbill]

Last year... I put a fireplace in and what I ended up using to meet the K value was Micore board. Here is a link to that post with the info as this might help with ideas and design. The Micore board is easy to work with and if you put that under the backerboad / Durok you should meet the K value easily.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/14069/

 

[oliver5528]

That looks real good!
I like the rod iron and kettle. Will have to get our kettle out of storage.
Good to put moisture into the air.
We bought a "Fence" for our babies(See below) at a pet store.
Hopefully we will remove it shortly.
Not as nice looking as your setup.

Can you remove it easily to do maintenance ect?

The top rail is like channel iron upside down and it straddles two l brackets attached to the walls

 

[56 chevtruck]

i you have time and skill resources make one i am into mine 100.00 - 125.00 max 1/2 plymood and cement board from homedepot along with cheep tiles. some 1 1/4" steel angle. prices are kinda pround buying one premade imho

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Dogs basically just understand fire appliances. Our guys stay a respectful distance away. Chloe worships near it, though, and when it's not going she sits near it and looks at me.

 

[pelletguy]

Just had my Mt. Vernon delivered Sept. 5 I built the hearth pad myself. I saw the prices for the pre-fabs and got quite a shock. around 400.00 in my area. I thought I would give it a try. Here is what I came up with. Here are a few pics of the progression of the pad and the new stove.

 

[lessoil]

Very Nice!!
The color blends well with the stove!

My Buddy is still waiting for his Mt. Vernon.
He ordered his in May.
What dealer did you go through?

Thanks!

 

[cntbill]

Pelletguy

Looks Good !

Nice tile work.

 

[pelletizer]

Looks real nice good job,
Hearth mark up's are unreal and if anyone can find a good deal for one of the materials sold in the hearth stores at a provider of brick, stone, and masonry supplies in your local area good for you there are always left over remnants of counter tops and custom installs.

 

[bungalobob]

Great job! Mine is still a work in progress. Just need to lay the tiles, and of course put a stove on it when it comes in. Hope mine looks as good as yours. I'll post when complete, even if the stove is missing from the picture. Happy burning!

 

[Firenutz]

I have a question. I guess code requires my pellet stove in my double wide mobile home to be bolted to the floor. I haven't picked my stove up yet and I was wondering if there are provisions on the stove to bolt it down? It's a Kozy Heat woodland. Normally I wouldn't care but if I decide to sell my house, I don't want some picky home inspector to ding me on that. I'm also in the beginning stages of my hearth. I already cut a hole in my carpet so that is motivating me to get it finished. It's a corner hearth. I'm planning on a thin baseboard border stained to match the panelling and chair rail. Then I plan on building the hearth up to the height of the baseboard 3-1/4" with the top 2 layers being the non combustible under some Pennsylvania bluestone that I'm having cut into tile like pieces and grouted. The hearth will have the natural look of the shale. I'm hoping it will be fairly level.

 

[pelletguy]

lessoil, I went through finest hearth and home in Bangor.

By the way, I spent around $125.00 in materials for the hearth pad.

 

[DiggerJim]

I have a question. I guess code requires my pellet stove in my double wide mobile home to be bolted to the floor. I haven't picked my stove up yet and I was wondering if there are provisions on the stove to bolt it down?

That's probably a "fabricate on location" item Shorthand for "not our problem, figure it out for yourself". Seriously, you can fashion what works for your location. Typically you run bolts through the feet into the floor.

You also need to electrically ground it to the frame of the mobile home. And, while you're at it, you have to screen in the vent pipe (less than 3/4" openings) up to 7' off the ground if you do a horizontal vent.

 

[slls]

I have a question. I guess code requires my pellet stove in my double wide mobile home to be bolted to the floor. I haven't picked my stove up yet and I was wondering if there are provisions on the stove to bolt it down?

Bolt it using the same holes that attach the pallet to the stove for shipping.

 

[MrKLeen]

Lowes has a very simple fireproof hearthpad for like 30-50 dollars in 2 different sizes made especially for pellet stoves. They are just thin fireproof material. I plan on building something myself but this would be the super cheap/lazy way to go. I cannot find it on their website, but they had them at the store near the venting supplies.

 

[firewarrior820]

i hear they warp and curl

 

[Panhandler]

i hear they warp and curl

I used one for 3 seasons and had no trouble. I would suggest that a user put a little more towards the front tho to protect floor or carpet during cleaning. Just put down a tile hearth this summer.

 

[wdosmer]

Just had my Mt. Vernon delivered Sept. 5 I built the hearth pad myself. I saw the prices for the pre-fabs and got quite a shock. around 400.00 in my area. I thought I would give it a try. Here is what I came up with. Here are a few pics of the progression of the pad and the new stove.

What are the dimensions of this? I am installing a Quadrafire MtV and I need to build a hearth.

 

[56 chevtruck]

hi wdosmer i sent you a pm with a link to where i got my measurements from

 

[www_godzilla]

I just received my Quadrafire Santa Fe today. I too looked at the hearth pads that you can buy. Way too expensive. I went to Lowes in Portland. I looked at their tileslooksthey had in the store. Their selection wasn't very good. I ended up ordering tile that looks like Mica. It cost me $143 just for the tiles. I bought a 48 x 48 3/4 plywood, 1/2 cement board and box of black tile,because the 1 box of the mica wasn't enough to cover the whole pad. So I will make a pattern. This will cost me about $250 anyways for the pad. It will look awesome and be worth it.

 

[MACHINE1]

For those of you worried about having to get a tile saw to cut your tiles. My father bought his tile from Lowes and they cut them for him right in the store.