Tha stove that is. Loving the Jotul, and having no issues getting on the floor to clean her out, or fill her up. But as we age, and knees don't bend as well, and getting up off the floor becomes more of a challenge....hopefully many years from now. sweeping underneath would be easier too. Has anyone jacked up their woodstove, put it up on a solid brick, block or something else? Im after raising it maybe 6" or so on a single block each corner. I have access to pavers of various sizes, might locate fire bricks, am willing to cast something of concrete (with reinforcement of some sort, and a steel plate on top). Sca
This is a picture taken as we built the hearth. Before building this I planned to raise it 12". After all, the tiles come in 12" size. But wife wanted it higher... We went 16" high. End result is that turned out excellent. The reason is that I can sit on a chair while putting wood in the stove. Lower and I would still be bending while loading the stove. So I propose that you sit in a chair and see what height would be best (while imagining what you may feel in later years) and build for that height. Good luck.
Definitely looking for the height, getting the bottom of the stove 18" up isnt a bad idea.....youre right, we'd probably want to raise it again sometime. I kinda want to avoid the entire raised hearth though. As it is the sheet steel on the floor eats up a lot of space, but because it is flat, we can walk on it...thus not really loosing floor real estate. Raising the stove itself on blocks seems.like a good plan still. A platform even just the footprint of the stove, is an idea though. Sca
This summer overhaul, the first we've done has been good so far. The stove is 6 ish inches up off the floor today. The chimney got cleaned for the first time, and the top got cleaned and painted. The vermiculite board is cracked....but not broken, should get another year out of that at least. A couple new gaskets will go in next day or so, and we'll be ready for a curing fire as soon as the weather breaks. I think Backwoods Savage is right, we'll want to raise it taller, but this is a good start for now. It will be easier to load and clean, and way easier to sweep under... Sca
