Pedestal stove with slate tile?

[farmboy05]

My wife and I are going with a Drolet Escape 1800 stove which is a pedestal style stove. We're going to do a corner install. The manufacturer states that only a noncombustible surface is needed under it, no specific R-rating material with how the stove is designed. We're planning on doing cement bored with tile. My wife wants to use slate. I like it but I'm worried about the unevenness of slate with a pedestal stove. Do any of you have experiences/input on this? The slate we're looking at is 16X16" and the pedestal is 22X17.

 

[Highbeam]

It will be fine. As with any stove on any hearth, you may need to shim to prevent rocking. Smoother and flatter makes this easier.

 

[Dakotas Dad]

Coins work well.. took about $1.10 to level my sisters Jotul on her flagstone hearth.

 

[jeff_t]

I used old flat washers. I'm cheap.

 

[farmboy05]

Thank you!

Part of allowing me to have a wood stove installed, I had to let her have free say on the tile. I just wanted to make sure that we weren't going to spend for slate and have it not work out.