We currently have had our stove on a concrete slab floor the past few years. We are now in the process of having the basement slab tiled finally. We have a very nice wood floor type of large format tile going down.
That being said I would like to place the stove on more of an accent piece than directly onto the wood floor tile.
I am having trouble finding the best simple and easy solution.
Encore 2040 stove. So the stove itself is about 23 inches deep and 27 inches wide inches. I was hoping to have something small around say 32 inches deep and 42 inches wide inches. This would mostly be an accent piece and provide some minimal protection from the ash that accumulates under the stove when loading and dumping the ash pan that we don't always clean up immediately.
1) A pre-made hearth pad seems overkill and expensive but all the work is done. It still seems that 400-500$ for one that doesn't look cheap is excessive. And we just drop it in place and done.
2) Make my own with OSB, mortar, Durock, screws, mortar, tile. That being said trimming the edges would be a job I probably would not make look professional, and time again is another thing I don't have a lot of either at least not for this project. This seems fairly inexpensive. Maybe 50$ total. But again I don't necessarily trust myself to make it look pro grade especially with my time constraints.
3) I asked the tile guy to consider making one with our extra tile shower tile that is a large format slate look but he wants to do a 2x4 setup and then osb then Durock and well we don't want something that extravagant. Making something smaller and slimmer for him is not in his comfort level especially trying to trim it and keep its weight down and it will be far heavier than the pre-made hearth pads that he says are made from metal and noncombustible lightweight fiber material. I honestly don't want something as big as he wants to make.
4) Single piece of cut stone. It seems like I would want around 10 square feet of a granite stone slab. It seems like this at ~50$ a square foot would only be about 400-500$ or... the same price as a pre-made hearth pad. Is there less expensive better material for a slab? Can I go for a thinner slab piece? I also am concerned about cracking of the slab piece especially when moving and then ultimately placing the stove back in its resting spot on top.
5) Consider purchasing large format tiles? It seems if I look hard enough they are making 40x40 large format porcelain tile but not anywhere near so far I can find. I haven't reached out to any tile stores about this option but I also don't know how well a single piece of tile would take to placing a cast iron stove on top of it.
6) Finally Just plain old stove board. Can I just place a piece of stove board underneath? I haven't actually touched this product but it sounds flimsy and cheap, but it comes in sizes large enough to fit my needs and honestly a jet black piece of top of the wood like tile floor we have probably wouldn't look all that bad.
7) Any other options anyone else can think of?
Cost isn't the biggest concern. Its feasibility and simplicity that we want the most.
Hearth pads pre made, hand made, tile setter crafted or not are unnecessary for our setup, bulky.
The same goes for a giant slab of stone that we have transport concerns with
I don't know how feasible a single large format tile would be or if it was even hardy enough to support the weight of the stove on top of it.
Is a piece of stove board the simplest easiest answer for the stove to sit on? Will this even work? I don't know if stove board is able to support the weight of the stove.
Thanks for any input!
That being said I would like to place the stove on more of an accent piece than directly onto the wood floor tile.
I am having trouble finding the best simple and easy solution.
Encore 2040 stove. So the stove itself is about 23 inches deep and 27 inches wide inches. I was hoping to have something small around say 32 inches deep and 42 inches wide inches. This would mostly be an accent piece and provide some minimal protection from the ash that accumulates under the stove when loading and dumping the ash pan that we don't always clean up immediately.
1) A pre-made hearth pad seems overkill and expensive but all the work is done. It still seems that 400-500$ for one that doesn't look cheap is excessive. And we just drop it in place and done.
2) Make my own with OSB, mortar, Durock, screws, mortar, tile. That being said trimming the edges would be a job I probably would not make look professional, and time again is another thing I don't have a lot of either at least not for this project. This seems fairly inexpensive. Maybe 50$ total. But again I don't necessarily trust myself to make it look pro grade especially with my time constraints.
3) I asked the tile guy to consider making one with our extra tile shower tile that is a large format slate look but he wants to do a 2x4 setup and then osb then Durock and well we don't want something that extravagant. Making something smaller and slimmer for him is not in his comfort level especially trying to trim it and keep its weight down and it will be far heavier than the pre-made hearth pads that he says are made from metal and noncombustible lightweight fiber material. I honestly don't want something as big as he wants to make.
4) Single piece of cut stone. It seems like I would want around 10 square feet of a granite stone slab. It seems like this at ~50$ a square foot would only be about 400-500$ or... the same price as a pre-made hearth pad. Is there less expensive better material for a slab? Can I go for a thinner slab piece? I also am concerned about cracking of the slab piece especially when moving and then ultimately placing the stove back in its resting spot on top.
5) Consider purchasing large format tiles? It seems if I look hard enough they are making 40x40 large format porcelain tile but not anywhere near so far I can find. I haven't reached out to any tile stores about this option but I also don't know how well a single piece of tile would take to placing a cast iron stove on top of it.
6) Finally Just plain old stove board. Can I just place a piece of stove board underneath? I haven't actually touched this product but it sounds flimsy and cheap, but it comes in sizes large enough to fit my needs and honestly a jet black piece of top of the wood like tile floor we have probably wouldn't look all that bad.
7) Any other options anyone else can think of?
Cost isn't the biggest concern. Its feasibility and simplicity that we want the most.
Hearth pads pre made, hand made, tile setter crafted or not are unnecessary for our setup, bulky.
The same goes for a giant slab of stone that we have transport concerns with
I don't know how feasible a single large format tile would be or if it was even hardy enough to support the weight of the stove on top of it.
Is a piece of stove board the simplest easiest answer for the stove to sit on? Will this even work? I don't know if stove board is able to support the weight of the stove.
Thanks for any input!
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