Newbie (Soon) Stove Owner

[Northern FireStarter]

Hey Guys, just found this site today!
I'm looking to get my 1st woodstove installed in a couple months. sales guy told me I don't have to worry about clearance to wall behind it, but I'm skeptical.
Total width of space is about 60" and the stove will take up about half of that, so about 15" on each side. This space has a large bookshelf on each side of it. Yes, there would be combustibles on the bookshelf....
I'm thinking the chimney chute must get pretty hot and would damage the wall, as well as the stove itself & the hardwood floors.

I'm looking into a ceramic wall accent & hearth pad, or is this even needed?
This is the stove: https://www.osburn-mfg.com/en/products/wood-stoves/2000-wood-stove/#fiche-technique

 

[Woodsplitter67]

This is what you should probably do.. take the measurements of the stove and cut it out on cardboard.. place ut in the area.. most stove stores don't go out to the house and basically go off of the basic information a new stove owner gives them.. You should print out the install portion and measure it out to the combustibles.. as the picture taken below shows its stating 17 inches

 

[Northern FireStarter]

Thanks for the reply.
I just re-measured the space. I actually have 63" between the bookshelves. Minus 28 (it says 27' width) for the stove leaves me 17.5" on each side, so just at code for Canada (why would it be 16" in the USA, is chit less combustible down there?)
But I'm worried about the bookshelves themselves (say that 5 times fast!) plus the books/picture frames on the shelves.

 

[Wildflush]

Most of the stores here send someone out or at least want pics of the area inside and out. I did a corner install stove has 5” clearance back corners ending up at 7”. Double wall class A insulated pipe through wall. I would push for having someone come out if they are installing.

 

[Northern FireStarter]

OK, so this might be a dumb question, but has anyone had a cat jump up on a woodstove?

 

[Woodsplitter67]

OK, so this might be a dumb question, but has anyone had a cat jump up on a woodstove?

They can sense the heat.. they know better

 

[3650]

My cat looked very closely inside the ash door of my Clayton and crouched like he wanted to leap in but quickly decided against it. Smart cat.

 

[begreen]

The Osburn 2000 is 27" wide. A 60" wide space would have 16.5" side clearances for this stove with single-wall. This measurement is under the 17" clearance requirement for Canada. Too close. Canada tends to rate clearances a bit more conservatively, which is a good thing, imo. The rear clearance can be reduced from 14.5" to 6" with double-wall stovepipe.

The Osburn 2000 is a wide stove. There are narrower stoves that load N/S and have lower side clearance requirements. The 25" wide Quadrafire Millenium 3100, 28" wide Lopi Evergreen, or the 24" wide Pacific Energy Super have better clearances.

They can sense the heat.. they know better

Some do. Some learn the hard way.

 

[Newbie78]

Just devise some side shielding for the bookcases and stick with the stove you want. There's a table in the manual that shows dramatically reduced clearances with shielding.

and it won't even get hot on the stove's sides anyway.

the Osburn 3300 is a bigger stove that is narrower and a N/S or E/W loader...

 

[begreen]

Just devise some side shielding for the bookcases and stick with the stove you want. There's a table in the manual that shows dramatically reduced clearances with shielding.

and it won't even get hot on the stove's sides anyway.

the Osburn 3300 is a bigger stove that is narrower and a N/S or E/W loader...

True. If proper NFPA 211 shielding is attached to the sides of the book cases then the clearances could be reduced. SBI sells the AC02710 shields for this purpose though at 23" wide it's unknown if they would fit the bookcases. If not, they would need to be custom fabricated by a sheet metal shop. They can be painted to be less visible.

 

[Newbie78]

Or they could be almost any tin whatsoever. I think min is 20ga or something?.. and that is what I assume a stove company would provide. Personally, I think that is a flimsy gauge of material that I wouldn't use myself.. There's all kinds of options in tin that could provide shielding, texture, color, whatever.

I used an old washing machine cabinet side as a shield. It's heavy gauge, baked-on enamel painted and it's not just a plain flat piece.

there's a million tin things that could be bought new or re-claimed/re-purposed to serve as heat shielding. Some of them would be very cool appearance wise.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Or the OP can find a stove that fits with proper clearances WITH OUT having to come up with some kind of heat shield. Maybe make it look like the stove install isn't an afterthought by putting a bunch of tin to the bookshelves..

 

[Northern FireStarter]

Thanks for the input guys, still want to stick with the 2000 as actually looking at a fire (bigger window) is a big part of the purchase. The 1700 is the next model down and the firebox is much smaller. Might have to be the way to go though.
So what I'm leaning to is somekind of ceramic tile on the wall as an accent between the bookshelves. That at least provides some protection too from the stack.
I read a bit on the hearth pads, and I'm leary of anything that has a bit of cushion, also leary of tile as I don't want any cracks/chips. Might just go with the metal pad.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Thanks for the input guys, still want to stick with the 2000 as actually looking at a fire (bigger window) is a big part of the purchase. The 1700 is the next model down and the firebox is much smaller. Might have to be the way to go though.
So what I'm leaning to is somekind of ceramic tile on the wall as an accent between the bookshelves. That at least provides some protection too from the stack.
I read a bit on the hearth pads, and I'm leary of anything that has a bit of cushion, also leary of tile as I don't want any cracks/chips. Might just go with the metal pad.

you can do a bluestone hearth.. 2x2 slabs.. there are other stone options also

 

[begreen]

Or they could be almost any tin whatsoever. I think min is 20ga or something?.. and that is what I assume a stove company would provide. Personally, I think that is a flimsy gauge of material that I wouldn't use myself.. There's all kinds of options in tin that could provide shielding, texture, color, whatever.

I used an old washing machine cabinet side as a shield. It's heavy gauge, baked-on enamel painted and it's not just a plain flat piece.

there's a million tin things that could be bought new or re-claimed/re-purposed to serve as heat shielding. Some of them would be very cool appearance wise.

I think 24 ga is what is recommended. Heavier does not offer more protection. 26 ga works ok. I have actually tested that. The main thing is to have a ventilated air gap behind it. That is what is doing all the work.

So what I'm leaning to is somekind of ceramic tile on the wall as an accent between the bookshelves. That at least provides some protection too from the stack.

That is offering no real protection unless there is the ventilated air gap behind it. It also doesn't qualify for clearance reduction. It would be better to have a sheet metal shop make the shields. The can add a 1" 90º bend on the long front edge so that the open gap is not showing. Paint the metal to blend in as trim on the bookcase ends.