Folks - I think I am being taken for a ride. I am thinking of doing a fireplace for a high ceiling and the mendota sales guys are saying I have to frame floor to ceiling because the pipe vents our vertically and goes out horizontally. So if they framed our 8 feet or so, it will look odd. If I add a hearth of 12 inches and the 57.5 inches in the attached picture to center of vent and add another 3 inches, I am still at 72.5 inches or 6 feet. So wouldn't I be ok only framing to 6 feet instead of the full wall?
