Hi,
I currently have a pellet insert in use in my first floor. I bought a used Lopi Pioneer insert and plan to install it in the basement. There is a masonary fireplace where the previous owners burned wood. However, when they built the fireplace they never put a real hearth down and what is there is a lip so it is not enought to extend out the 9 1/2 inches I need for the stove plus the other 7-8 inches for combustibles. . I have the basement carpeted which you can hopefully see in the picture. The one stove place I went to told me he would build a steel support, which seemed odd. Any ideas and what about the carpet? Could I just use 2x4's to build a frame 17 inches out and about 3-4 feet wide and then use cement board and tile it? Or could I do the same except not tile and buy a cement hearth and lay it on top? Should I chip away the old lip because that isn't going to do me any good? Also what about the carpet, do I have to cut it back or could I just build on top of it? Can you cover wood with cement board and it not be considered combustible after being covered? I know those are a lot of questions, but I want to get started on this asap so I can heat the finished part of the basement. I don't need the fanciest but not the worst looking thing either. I would like to keep it simple. Thanks!
I currently have a pellet insert in use in my first floor. I bought a used Lopi Pioneer insert and plan to install it in the basement. There is a masonary fireplace where the previous owners burned wood. However, when they built the fireplace they never put a real hearth down and what is there is a lip so it is not enought to extend out the 9 1/2 inches I need for the stove plus the other 7-8 inches for combustibles. . I have the basement carpeted which you can hopefully see in the picture. The one stove place I went to told me he would build a steel support, which seemed odd. Any ideas and what about the carpet? Could I just use 2x4's to build a frame 17 inches out and about 3-4 feet wide and then use cement board and tile it? Or could I do the same except not tile and buy a cement hearth and lay it on top? Should I chip away the old lip because that isn't going to do me any good? Also what about the carpet, do I have to cut it back or could I just build on top of it? Can you cover wood with cement board and it not be considered combustible after being covered? I know those are a lot of questions, but I want to get started on this asap so I can heat the finished part of the basement. I don't need the fanciest but not the worst looking thing either. I would like to keep it simple. Thanks!
