Hearth Protection?

[NVHunter]

Planning on installing an Ideal Steel next spring and I see it requires a 0.41 R value for thermal protection on the hearth.

The location I'm going to install it is in my finished basement which is on a slab of concrete. The concrete has porceline tile over the entire basement minus the old hearth which has ugly red ceramic tiles on it.

Question is, since the floor is a concrete slab, do I need to make a hearth pad to meet the 0.41 R value required by the manual or would the concrete slab plus mortared slate tile (replacing old hearth tiles) meet this requirement as there is no combustible material at all in or under the floor/slab....?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[begreen]

No need for a hearth pad if everything underneath the stove for the required hearth area is non-combustible and meets the spec. You should be fine.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Make sure clearance to walls is observed. Wood framing, and even the paper on drywall has to be considered.

 

[NVHunter]

Make sure clearance to walls is observed. Wood framing, and even the paper on drywall has to be considered.

Wall behind stove is cinder block however I'm still going to follow the clearances listed for a heat shield install. 6" for rear wall clearances from shield.

Thanks for the info!

 

[begreen]

By finished basement does this mean that the walls are insulated except where the stove is going?

 

[NVHunter]

By finished basement does this mean that the walls are insulated except where the stove is going?

I have what they call a "day light" basement with the west side dug into the hill and the east side open and insulated facing the back yard.

The north wall is where the stove will be set as there's an exterior brick chimney from the slab/ foundation all the way up to the second story where the open fireplace is, then up through the roof to the top. This wall in the basement is cinder block only and is about 14' long with no studs or drywall on it. The east is wood studs and "finished" with insulation and drywall.

The room the stove is going into is the family room with the stair case running up to the second level of the house about 8' from where the stove will go so I'm hopping heat will go up this to help heat the living room as well.

I'm a little worried the cinder block wall will pull a lot of heat from the room though as it's just 8" block and nothing else as insulation wise... It's reinforced block with concrete in it. Will that do any to help heat lose...? Probably not huh.

Thanks

 

[begreen]

The raw block wall will suck out some heat. Perhaps consider insulating the block wall to within the clearance requirements of the stove? You could even use Roxul mineral board behind the stove for complete coverage.

 

[NVHunter]

The raw block wall will suck out some heat. Perhaps consider insulating the block wall to within the clearance requirements of the stove? You could even use Roxul mineral board behind the stove for complete coverage.

Do I have to build a studded wall off of the block wall and put insulation and the dry wall or can I just put the Roxul mineral board over the brick and paint it as dry wall would be? That's my only concern is the block wall pulling heat from the room...

 

[begreen]

Mineral board is fibrous and textured with kind of a dark mustard color. Micore is greyish. Neither would paint well. The area could be metal studded and covered with cement board or painted sheet metal, (copper or stainless would work too) . If covered, roxul in batts would work too.