HOME-MADE HEARTHPAD QUESTIONS!!!???

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mr.highandmighty

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Oct 4, 2008
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Western, Pa
Making my own hearth-pad. Need a 5' x 4' pad...mostly for looks!!!

3/4" Micore on floor
1/2" Durock
another 3/4 " Micore
another 1/2" Durock
3/4" slate on top

Should I add an airspace?

Any opinions gladly welcomed!
 
What's the stove, and what's the manufacturer's requirement for protection beneath the stove to a combustible floor? If all you need is ember protection, and the hearth is, as you say, mostly for looks, it seems to me your plan is overly complicated. Rick
 
Need a 1.5 for the pad. Bought a 4x10 sheet of micore and cut it in half...figured i would use it up rather than pitch it!!! Figured the durock for some rigidity...and to bond the slate.
 
Anyone know what 3/4" Micore is rated at. I found the 1/2" rating. I am guessing that the bigger...the better. But...in my years of experience in life, its not always the case!!
 
I think it's like r=2.33 per inch. Rick
 
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