Ok, I've figured out what I am going to do. This stove was originally installed into an old mostly petrified wood/stone fireplace, piped into an 8" oval Dura-liner system. In the remodel the old fireplace came down and the downstairs is all opened up. The DL system went to a friend and was in very good shape. I now have a pile of salvaged petrified wood.
The room is only 13' across and I am fighting for inches here. The stove will be placed into a spot that was the entry from the old kitchen to the LR. To gain space and reduce how far the hearth projects into the room, I am going to make a non-combustible wall. I'll build the hearth with guidance from a recent post on the topic (2- 1/2" Dur-rock with 1/4" steel plate cap, rim of 1" channel cut to fit and welded/painted ) I have a plasma cutter and welder so no issues there. I will be fabricating my own lower heat shield. I want the steel hearth cap so I can split kindling and small pieces without damaging the hearth. In my time I have broken more than one that way.
For the non-combustible wall, it will be a 44" W X 54" H X 1 1/8" Soapstone. The 44" is the specified width in the install manual. The SS will be capped with a 2 1/4" Soapstone mantle with a chipped rough perimeter. so, 2 1/4 X 52 X 14". The mantle will project thru the wall for anchoring support and to moderate heat transmission vertically. Backing the SS I will use the remainder of the 4x8 sheet of 1/4" plate left over from the hearth. I may put an air-gap between the SS and the plate. I will put 4 bolts thru the SS and plate so the air gap won't be difficult to do. I don't know expansion co-efficients for SS so I'll make the holes a bit larger than necessary. Would you put the air gap in it? Above the mantle to the ceiling I will use steel studs, but the finish wall above the mantle will be the pine paneling currently in the room. That wall will be ventilated.
The stove wall backs up to the entry way. It is a small entry which will be smaller still with the Selkirk Ultra-temp in there. I am going all-fuel from the Tee behind the stove all the way up. As the 2550 came with the oval termination and I need round right off the rear of the stove, again to bring the stove within a couple inches of the SS I picked up the accessory round termination from the local VC dealer. I am going to have to drill a 7" hole in the SS for the 6" single wall vent connector to pass thru. That will be touchy as I cannot do it until the SS is up and stove is in place so its location is precise. My back doesn't do cast iron any more so I installed a lifting eye through to the second floor.
The all fuel chimney will be the tee directly behind the stove, 24" piece 15* rolling offset (8 1/4") to pick up my 6 3/4" C-C and +/-16' straight up. I'll fabricate a sheet metal surround to keep people from bouncing off the chimney when they come in.
So far, costs for this is around $270 for the steel, $1500 for the SS, due to a friendly connection the chimney was free. In the re-model the house is wired for a Generac. All I need is the generator. She wants the stove! She will have the stove! I'm not going to say that I could about buy the 8-10kw generator for the cost of the install. Here in the Sierra foothills we do loose power with some regularity. I have not purchased the steel of ordered the SS yet. I thought I'd bounce it off the crew here first.
So, please, comments and suggestions are most welcome!
The room is only 13' across and I am fighting for inches here. The stove will be placed into a spot that was the entry from the old kitchen to the LR. To gain space and reduce how far the hearth projects into the room, I am going to make a non-combustible wall. I'll build the hearth with guidance from a recent post on the topic (2- 1/2" Dur-rock with 1/4" steel plate cap, rim of 1" channel cut to fit and welded/painted ) I have a plasma cutter and welder so no issues there. I will be fabricating my own lower heat shield. I want the steel hearth cap so I can split kindling and small pieces without damaging the hearth. In my time I have broken more than one that way.
For the non-combustible wall, it will be a 44" W X 54" H X 1 1/8" Soapstone. The 44" is the specified width in the install manual. The SS will be capped with a 2 1/4" Soapstone mantle with a chipped rough perimeter. so, 2 1/4 X 52 X 14". The mantle will project thru the wall for anchoring support and to moderate heat transmission vertically. Backing the SS I will use the remainder of the 4x8 sheet of 1/4" plate left over from the hearth. I may put an air-gap between the SS and the plate. I will put 4 bolts thru the SS and plate so the air gap won't be difficult to do. I don't know expansion co-efficients for SS so I'll make the holes a bit larger than necessary. Would you put the air gap in it? Above the mantle to the ceiling I will use steel studs, but the finish wall above the mantle will be the pine paneling currently in the room. That wall will be ventilated.
The stove wall backs up to the entry way. It is a small entry which will be smaller still with the Selkirk Ultra-temp in there. I am going all-fuel from the Tee behind the stove all the way up. As the 2550 came with the oval termination and I need round right off the rear of the stove, again to bring the stove within a couple inches of the SS I picked up the accessory round termination from the local VC dealer. I am going to have to drill a 7" hole in the SS for the 6" single wall vent connector to pass thru. That will be touchy as I cannot do it until the SS is up and stove is in place so its location is precise. My back doesn't do cast iron any more so I installed a lifting eye through to the second floor.
The all fuel chimney will be the tee directly behind the stove, 24" piece 15* rolling offset (8 1/4") to pick up my 6 3/4" C-C and +/-16' straight up. I'll fabricate a sheet metal surround to keep people from bouncing off the chimney when they come in.
So far, costs for this is around $270 for the steel, $1500 for the SS, due to a friendly connection the chimney was free. In the re-model the house is wired for a Generac. All I need is the generator. She wants the stove! She will have the stove! I'm not going to say that I could about buy the 8-10kw generator for the cost of the install. Here in the Sierra foothills we do loose power with some regularity. I have not purchased the steel of ordered the SS yet. I thought I'd bounce it off the crew here first.
So, please, comments and suggestions are most welcome!
