question.....

[iceman]

i am putting stove in basement, the floor is concrete ... but i wanna paint it(the floor) is there a paint rated for heat that can be used on concrete? i am trying to avoid tiling around the stove

 

[begreen]

I'm not sure about paint, but have you considered staining the concrete instead? That can look pretty trick.

What stove will this be? Some are quite cool underneath.

 

[Burn-1]

Mineral paints are also an option. Do a search for "silicate mineral paint" or "Keim paint" and you'll get an idea of what they are. This would give you more color options and more of a uniform finish than concrete stains but BG is right some of those look pretty cool.

 

[savageactor7]

Heat rises...do whatever suits your fancy to the floor. There isn't a wood stove made you can't put your hand on the bottom with a raging fire burning.

 

[begreen]

Heat radiates, hot air rises. There are definitely stoves with no ashpan or bottom shielding that get the hearth underneath them hot. Often they'll put tall legs on these stoves to reduce the problem.

 

[Harley]

I'm only guessing, but most stoves should have a botton heat shield option, which would certainly lessen the amount of heat hitting the floor. If you don't want tile there, you could paint the floor prior to the stove going in, and set the stove on a pre-fab, or build a removable hearth pad for not much expense.

 

[iceman]

i said it wrong... i want to paint the floor but what i am worried about is in front of the stove where it might get hot from the window..and if any embers fall out
the 18 inch rule in front of the stove

 

[Harley]

AH - now I think the question might be.... "Is paint, once cured, considered a combustible?" It sounds like you might be more concerned about that, rather than having to repaint, given your comment about the 18" rule. Do I have that right?

If so, I don't have an answer based on any code, but only a guess would be no - I really don't know if paints are flamable once cured, but I don't think they are.