Pellet Stove Hearth Pad Diy

Jan 24 2015 as promised here s the how to post on how to make your own hearth pad for a wood pellet stove.

Pellet stove hearth pad diy.

This pad must be resistant to fire and solid enough to hold the stove s weight. Use 1 4 inch tile. Without one of these pads you can damage your floor or worse cause a fire. Make sure the tiles sit flush with the front edge of the pellet stove pad so you only have to make cuts to tiles on the two sides of the width and the back edge of the pad.

Those do need to be built to certain fire and heat specifications. You should never build your own pad for a regular wood burning gas or coal stove unless you re a pro or you are very familiar with the requirements. So we set out to make our own 4x4 hearth pad. I m not a building inspector.

A wood burning stove often sits on a hearth pad. Hearth pads are sections of fireproof material that can be used underneath wood pellet and gas stoves to protect floors from sparks and embers and on the back walls behind heating appliances to protect the walls from intense heat. 4x4 ft sheet of 5 8 plywood 14 16 12 inch ceramic or floor tiles depending on the shape of the pad. We installed a wood stove in the garage and for safety it requires a tiled hearth they were quite pricey so.

The hearth pad can be as simple as a metal shield or even a concrete slab but the stove must sit on a non combustible surface. This pad must be fire resistant and able to withstand the weight of the stove. Before installing a wood burning stove in the corner of your room you will want to install a corner hearth pad for safety. Diy hearth pad for wood stove.

The hubby decided he wants a wood stove in our house and we looked around first for pre made hearth pads and they just seem.