Which way to face new stove location installation?

Installing a new stove soon, it's in a ~8 x 8' alcove off the living room, with a ~6' opening (standard sliding glass door size).

First I thought it should face the living room so I could see when it needed to be stoked, then read cat stoves don't flame. New to cat stoves...

Second, thought if I cant see flames, might as well face the door to our garage and it'll be easier to chuck wood in from there, just a few feet away, and less steps on flooring that can be slippery with snowy shoes (which will melt quickly since that room will be really really warm).

Third, well duh, it has an attached blower, silly for the stove blower to be facing the garage, we need it facing the living room.

Both of us are keen on chucking wood directly in from the garage door. I'm not keen on having the blower facing the garage but dig the easier stoking, WWW said that room will be SO hot the heat will pour out on it's own.

Thoughts?

 

Face the room. You can keep an eye on things that way, including when to add wood.

In addition, you need to know when to engage the cat and know if it is working.

Besides, the only backside I want to stare at is not an inanimate object. Keep the home looking like a home.

 

Put a runner down from garage door to feed door.

 

BK40, Blaze King King.

 

Stove will face the living room, thank you fellas' Very tempted to face it sideways to living room but this funky old 3 additions house is weird enough, Dennis's comment was spot on! And now I know there can/will be flames. I had iron doors for a couple decades and had to get up and open them to see, despite the glass on the pellet stove glass wood stove is new to me.

I'll have 86" of floor from front to back of room, still allows decent clearance in front of the stove for loading, ~ 3' , as well as the door opens in the correct direction for our situation (or swings left, garage door on right where splits will be stacked).

Floor runners like Eric VW suggested, one in front of the stove, smaller one in front of garage door. Densdeck under vinyl flooring and will be on the walls eventually too. It'll sit on concrete roofing pavers that add another 2" of height for stoking.

Pipe will go 45* out to enclosed porch with cleanout tee there (sheltered from wind!!!!!!!!!) and up through there. Hope I can find a clean out tee that accepts a 45* angle. I'll ask the dealer, maybe two 45's could be a lot less $, but don't want to add extra stack height, we'll see.

 

Edit, bummer, door on other side and wall stud alignment, will not have 3' in front of the stove, we have to bring it forward.

 

Oh good to hear, thanks! I know a cat stove will be a learning curve (we had one the first winter we moved here but the cat was toast, 1/2 already crumbled off when we got here), so in reality, new to cat stoves.

Why twice a day in the winter?