It has always been a dream of mine to own a home where I can install a woodstove and have a piece of property large enough to process and store firewood on. In May, my wife and I purchased a home on a little more than an acre of land. It already had a stove pad in the basement with a Propane fireplace on it. That had to go. I spent a week ripping out the old surround, chipping out the old cracked chimney thimble, installing a new one, chipping out for a new clean out door, installing a new stone and slate surround. Just last week I picked up my Quadra Fire 3400 woodstove. It exceeds my expectations. It heats a 1800 sq foot ranch style very well.
A wood stove is one of the best investments a homeowner can make in terms of return on investment! Looks great.
That looks really nice. I want to do something for the wall on my install; currently there is nothing but the regular wall. From what I have read on the forums, you need to measure the stove pipe temp higher up on the pipe. That is going to be a joy to sit in front of on a cold night enjoying a tasty beverage.
OK, I have a question on the hearth. Are the gaps between the stones sealed? I know they are tight seams but if they are not sealed there is always the concern that embers; even small embers are a concern, could get down into the crack and smolder against the OSB that you used as a base for the hearth.
Tetris...kind of like just throwing them at the wall at the end!!! I laid all the stone out on a piece of plywood measured out at the same size of the wall space I was covering, and somewhere between the 4th and 5th course and 7 and 8th beer something got screwed up. So from there, just picked and placed.
I want to do something on the wall behind my stove. Not sure what yet; I don't need it for heat protection, I just think it would look nice as a faux chimney type effect.
I swear I replied to this, but guess not. Sorry. The solid concrete pad was already there with the ugly green tile on it shown in the first pic with the old gas stove. I did about a half inch skim coat of mortar over all of that and then laid the slate on. No osb at all. Also as you can see in the pics, the back wall is block.
Sorry, I had the osb just covering the slate to protect it from any mortar falling from the wall stone.
