The floor tiles have flexible grout as the rest of the room not near the proposed stove location has electric under floor heating.
Can i put pellot stove on tile floor.
Rather than purchase a plain stone.
The flooring is flexitec from ivc us.
This will create a higher ridge of vinyl where i cut it out.
You can also install it in an existing fireplace where it may be recessed or protrude from the existing opening.
Location of your pellet stove you can place your wood pellet stove against a wall the center of a room or choose a corner model that fits well in tight spots.
You cannot install ceramic tile directly on top of a wooden subfloor even without a stove to consider because the material will pop up from the floor within weeks or months of installation.
There is nothing combustable near the fire as the fireplace and surround is brick.
I m assuming my vinyl floor can t take the heat.
In most cases it may not be installed on top of carpeting.
Can we put this on the ceramic floor tiles in the fireplace recess or do we have to have a hearth.
It s important though that the tile is attached to a surface that s not affected by heat.
In the production process ceramic tile is baked in huge ovens at 1200 to 2000 degrees so it can withstand heat.
When installing a pellet stove it must sit on a noncombustible floor at least 1 2 inch thick and extend at least 6 inches beyond the front and back of the stove.
On vinyl floor i put cement board then a 1 cement paver under each foot of the stove then a thin sheet of aluminum and the stove on top of that.
Thin luan or plywood.
The floor pad can be brick concrete slate ceramic tile or another noncombustible material.
Can i put it over the vinyl.
Answer answer ceramic tile behind a woodstove works very well as long as it s installed correctly over the right type of substrate.
That gives me a reflector under the stove with an air gap before the cement board insulation.
The wood heat organization recommends setting the floor pad so that it s flush with the surrounding flooring you don t want to remove a fire hazard but create a tripping hazard.
It will eventually rust if i don t pay for stainless.