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I have a few questions. I'm interested in installing a woodstove insert into my fireplace. I think I've settled on a Drolet Escape 1400, mainly due to size, local availability, and of course cost. I'm not interested in spending $3k on a stove for supplemental evening heat.
However, my steel lined (convection style) masonry fireplace is clad in rustic wood firred into the brickwork. The only non combustibles are the surround consisting of 6" tile around the opening perimeter, and a tile floor-flush hearth 16" into the room. See the diagram for existing configuration.
The drolet requires more, so what are my options? Start cutting out the wood around the perimeter of the firplace and put in tile/stone work and additionally extend out the hearth a few more inches? The local woodstove shop said don't worry about clearances in an existing fireplace... I'm "grandfathered" into old code, and the clearances in the manual would be required if it was new construction or the walls were opened up.
Whatcha all think??? Am I going to have to throw a few days work and another couple hundred bucks into the mantel on this thing or what?
I have a few questions. I'm interested in installing a woodstove insert into my fireplace. I think I've settled on a Drolet Escape 1400, mainly due to size, local availability, and of course cost. I'm not interested in spending $3k on a stove for supplemental evening heat.
However, my steel lined (convection style) masonry fireplace is clad in rustic wood firred into the brickwork. The only non combustibles are the surround consisting of 6" tile around the opening perimeter, and a tile floor-flush hearth 16" into the room. See the diagram for existing configuration.
The drolet requires more, so what are my options? Start cutting out the wood around the perimeter of the firplace and put in tile/stone work and additionally extend out the hearth a few more inches? The local woodstove shop said don't worry about clearances in an existing fireplace... I'm "grandfathered" into old code, and the clearances in the manual would be required if it was new construction or the walls were opened up.
Whatcha all think??? Am I going to have to throw a few days work and another couple hundred bucks into the mantel on this thing or what?