New Hearth Construction

[jason.uitvlugt]

Hello!
My wife and I are purchasing our first house and it's a great place except there's no wood stove. The house was built in 1939 and has a brick fireplace with a space in the wall for a stove pipe on the main floor. That is where we are planning for our stove. Currently the on-demand (propane) water heater is venting through the chimney from the basement. We are planning on a professional moving and re-routing that so it vents from a basement window.
My question is about clearance for the stove.
I will be putting in a hearth before we have the stove installed by professionals. The wall is currently sheet rock and the floor is wood.
I was planning on using metal 2x4s attached to the sheet rock an floor with non-combustible cement board and then stone tile. Is the metal 2x4 enough clearance or do I need some other type of spacers-especially for the wall?
Any help you can give me at this point would be great! We're not in the house yet, so I don't have pictures, but I will try to get some soon.
Thank you!

 

[Grisu]

Did you already decide which stove you want to install? Many modern stoves only need some non-combustible material covering the floor. There will be no need to build an extensive hearth with a lot of thermal protection. Rear clearance can also be as low as 6" to a combustible wall with double-wall pipe.

 

[jason.uitvlugt]

We will probably be going with the Lopi model 1250 or 1750.

 

[begreen]

The Lopi stoves mentioned only require ember protection for the hearth. There is no problem building it to a higher insulation value if that is desired.

What I am not clear on is how the stove will be vented. Will it be installed in the fireplace? If so, is the fireplace tall enough to accommodate the stove. Is there a mantel involved? If so there are clearance issues that need to be honored there too. Can you post a picture of the proposed stove location?