This was a long time coming and it really ties the room together. The fireview was just sitting on the slab floor prior with exposed block behind it. The room just felt incomplete. The metal should reflect some heat back into the room. The stove is raised 8 inches higher, probably could have gone a foot but I like the way it turned out. Looking forward to spending some time with the wife in front of the stove this winter! Thanks for looking!
Thank you! Prior to buying the fireview I had seen your YouTube channel when I searched woodstock fireview. It contributed to my purchasing of the stove. We wanted to go a different direction with the hearth but could not source the materials. I like the way it turned out anyway. Thanks again for the YT videos.
Those metal plates behind the stove will radiate even more heat into the room. You are going to be warm as toast. Very pleased that I helped you choose that stove, we love ours. I'm also on a 3-year plan with my wood stash, getting mostly oak that takes a good year to truly season, 2 even better. My friends love visiting so they can sit, watch the light show, and listen to my high-end surround sound system. Have you started burning yet? Steve aka oldhippie
Are the metal panels purely decorative, or also heat shield? I have no idea what the clearances on a FV are like. Either way, good looking setup...love the ground/polished concrete base (I think that's what it is)
I burned three nights so far. The third night I overdid it and got the living room to 77°. It looks like I won't be burning for at least the next week or so. The metal does radiate the heat back into the room. There is an air 4" air gap between the metal and the wall. I temped the wall behind the metal with a temp gun and it was reading 20° lower than the metal stove side. Previously the heat soaked into the 6x6 walls and block and was wasted. Once full time burning starts it will be apparent to what degree the heat is reflected. This stove is excellent, long burn times and puts out a lot of heat and the dancing flames are something else. Woodstocks customer service is second to none.
Thanks! The metal is for looks and it reflects the heat back into the room. My house is a cabin and the walls are 6x6s, without the metal the heat is absorbed into the wall and into the outside. The metal and wood frame are way outside of the clearances. The base is made out of a wooden frame, super overbuilt under the stove. A sheet of 5/8 plywood, 1 inch of durock, then mortar, pebble tile and grout. Then I sealed the grout. My wife did most of the detail work.
This was the most sketchy part of the whole project. We grabbed the jacks from our daily drivers and used spare lumber we had to get it onto the hearth. We could have called some friends and brute forced it but we took our time and it worked for us.
I prefer skill and thought to brute force (friends) for things like that where you don't want things damaged...many people tend to not be as picky about scratches and dents as me...even if my stuff isn't brand new, that's no reason to not take care if it. A little thought and some leverage goes a long ways with moving stoves! Nice job with the whole thing!
Outstanding work! That’s a hearth for everyone to envy! Really makes me wish I had one in my living space. Any pics with fire going?
Yep. I have an “add-on” wood furnace that tapped into my existing oil burners plenum. I’d love to sit and watch the secondaries dance. I do on occasion but it’s an unfinished basement. Now that the kids aren’t here, a living room hearth wood be sweet.
