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11/24/10, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever
I made this "pad" out of 2"x12"s, fiberboard, cement board, and 4"x4" clay tiles. I perfer an elevated platform for a woodstove - especially a small woodstove - because it makes feeding the stove easier (don't have to bend down as far) and it makes viewing the fire more pleasant (assuming you have a window in your stove).
I wouldn't fret not being able to find a 40,000 btu woodstove. Just get one with a higher BTU rating and don't make such a large fire in it. Remember, that the btu output of a woodstove is solely dependent on the size of fire it is burning, not on the size of the woodstove. |
Thanks Cabin Fever, and I love any excuse to be able to see pictures of your beautiful home. I love a platform for the stove, but that's not to going to happen here. We're way beyond the limit we set for our budget already and we're having to screech stop in our tracks on the remodeling. Stove and pad is it and no more can we stand this year. We want to purchase the stove before the end of December though, so we can use the tax credit.
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11/24/10, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by ET1 SS
I poured a thin layer of concrete [approx 3/4" thick]. I used 1" X 2" trim as a border for it, and stained the concrete black before sealing it.
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Thanks ET1 SS, that sounds as though it would work. I'm glad it worked out for you, but we don't want to tear out beautiful wood flooring we just paid an arm and a leg to have installed. Sorry I didn't make that clear at the beginning.
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11/24/10, 10:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Vickie44
I used 3/4' plywood with 1/2 " durock cement board, wood trim, then mortared patio slate on top. Came out great!
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Is the patio slate easy to crack like ceramic tiles? It's not something we're going to use, but maybe others reading here would like to know how durable the slate is in comparsion with the ceramic tile. Oh, and thanks for the idea Vickie44.
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11/24/10, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southren Nova Scotia
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We have a kitchen wood stove and a wood heating stove. Both have a sheet of steel underneath of them. We extended it out past the fire box on the kitchen stove. The sheets of steel were sides to an old oil furnace we dismanteled.We cleaned them up and painted them with black fire resistant paint. Behind the kitchen stove is fire resistant board that looks like gyp rock. Behind the heating stove we built a brick wall with bricks salvaged from an old chimney.
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11/24/10, 10:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Belfrybat
I used a couple from Tractor supply that is woodgrain looking metal with insulation underneath. I had one on the floor and one on the wall with spacers. Just looked online and they have really gone up in price. I think I paid 29-30 for mine four years ago. Here's a link:
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Belfrybat, thank you. That's probably where DH will go to first, maybe second. He's got a lot of ideas now on where to look thanks to everyone's suggestions here.
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11/24/10, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Danaus29
This is a bad shot of the brick hearth under my woodburner:
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Danaus29, that looks exactly like what our son has in his basement. He uses a woodstove insert in the fireplace. Is that what you have?
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11/24/10, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kentucky
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SS, you have a PM.
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11/24/10, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by lmrose
We have a kitchen wood stove and a wood heating stove. Both have a sheet of steel underneath of them. We extended it out past the fire box on the kitchen stove. The sheets of steel were sides to an old oil furnace we dismanteled.We cleaned them up and painted them with black fire resistant paint. Behind the kitchen stove is fire resistant board that looks like gyp rock. Behind the heating stove we built a brick wall with bricks salvaged from an old chimney.
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Hi Imrose and thanks for the info. Wow, that sounds like a really good use of salvaged materials. We don't have access to anything like that, but it would certainly be a good use for an old furnace. We kept our ceramic tile wall so we have fire protection there, but the bricks are the best if you have them. Oh, and I'm so envious of anyone that gets to have a kitchen wood cookstove.
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11/24/10, 11:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Sawmill Jim
A few cracks just add character  One reason my wife loves me i'm half cracked or it that half baked  |
 You sound like my DH, and yes, he's both.
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11/24/10, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Stephen in SOKY
SS, you have a PM.
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Hi, long time no see and right back at you and thanks for the info. 
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11/24/10, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
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soulsurvivor, no fireplace, just the stove. The pipe goes out the back and into a chimney that looks like it was made specifically for this stove.
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11/25/10, 12:29 AM
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I glued pieces of patio blocks to the combustible floor, glued a piece of Durarock cement board to the patio block, and put ceramic tile over the durarock. The patio block pieces have space between them to allow air circulation. The stove sits on the tile. I then took a scrap of Durarock about 2'X2' and put it directly under the firebox of the stove, supported by 4 pieces of patio block, one in each corner. With the stove cranked as hot as it goes you can still put your hand on the cermic tile and slide it under the Durarock scrap and the tile under the scrap is just warm to the touch.
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11/25/10, 02:32 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Danaus29
soulsurvivor, no fireplace, just the stove. The pipe goes out the back and into a chimney that looks like it was made specifically for this stove.
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That looks and sounds like a good set up. There was a chimney here when we first moved in but we had to have it rebuilt. We're in a bad location for having a good draw on this chimney. It would have been better to have the pipe out the top of our house instead of being piped through the side wall into a chimney.
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11/25/10, 02:48 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: KY
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Originally Posted by Nimrod
I glued pieces of patio blocks to the combustible floor, glued a piece of Durarock cement board to the patio block, and put ceramic tile over the durarock. The patio block pieces have space between them to allow air circulation. The stove sits on the tile. I then took a scrap of Durarock about 2'X2' and put it directly under the firebox of the stove, supported by 4 pieces of patio block, one in each corner. With the stove cranked as hot as it goes you can still put your hand on the cermic tile and slide it under the Durarock scrap and the tile under the scrap is just warm to the touch.
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As in layering a cake? That sounds like a good solution to keeping the heat off the floor. Thanks for sharing.
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