I am finally going to install my Kozy Heat Z42 and would love any recommendations and/or help. I want to have a nice, modest (inexpensive) installation. The fireplance will be going on the 1st floor of my house which is a 1900sq. ft. Colonial. Wifey looked at tile the other day and really liked the real slate which was about $1.70/sq ft. We want a mantle above it. I have laminate flooring in the room where it's going and would like to leave it there. I am thinking of building my own hearth pad that would just sit on top of flooring. I have attached a picture of where it will be sitting, God willing.