First let me say I'm new on this site......I've learned quite a bit already.
I need some advice. I just bought a new wood burning stove, and I’m planning to extend the hearth from what is currently in front of my fireplace.
Here’s the current layout. Wood floors underneath the hearth (40 x 20 x flush with floor). So what I would like to do is this. I need to get the hearth to be 3in tall so please tell me if this will work. I don’t want to start any fires underneath the stove!
Buy enough 2” tall bricks to cover the current hearth, add a 0.5” thick sheet of Durock over the bricks, then adhere 0.5” thick slate (1ft square pieces). That will get me to the 3in height I need. The question I have is this…..there’s no chance the heat will go through the slate, durock and brick spaces (about 3” apart) that it could start a fire on the wood floors below, is there? I’m learning the “handy man” techniques so any advice will be appreciated.
I need some advice. I just bought a new wood burning stove, and I’m planning to extend the hearth from what is currently in front of my fireplace.
Here’s the current layout. Wood floors underneath the hearth (40 x 20 x flush with floor). So what I would like to do is this. I need to get the hearth to be 3in tall so please tell me if this will work. I don’t want to start any fires underneath the stove!
Buy enough 2” tall bricks to cover the current hearth, add a 0.5” thick sheet of Durock over the bricks, then adhere 0.5” thick slate (1ft square pieces). That will get me to the 3in height I need. The question I have is this…..there’s no chance the heat will go through the slate, durock and brick spaces (about 3” apart) that it could start a fire on the wood floors below, is there? I’m learning the “handy man” techniques so any advice will be appreciated.
That new stove may or may not have an R-value requirement for the hearth. Following that requirement would be of paramount interest in your following actions.
