Pellet Stove Hearth Pad Diy

This pad must be fire resistant and able to withstand the weight of the stove.

Pellet stove hearth pad diy.

Without one of these pads you can damage your floor or worse cause a fire. I m not a building inspector. 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. We installed a wood stove in the garage and for safety it requires a tiled hearth they were quite pricey so.

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. 4x4 ft sheet of 5 8 plywood 14 16 12 inch ceramic or floor tiles depending on the shape of the pad. 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. So we set out to make our own 4x4 hearth pad.

Use 1 4 inch tile. A wood burning stove often sits on a hearth pad. Diy hearth pad materials. Before installing a wood burning stove in the corner of your room you will want to install a corner hearth pad for safety.

Those do need to be built to certain fire and heat specifications. Jan 24 2015 as promised here s the how to post on how to make your own hearth pad for a wood pellet stove. Old looking and costs about 300 600 which was just too much for us to spend. This pad must be resistant to fire and solid enough to hold the stove s weight.

This simple diy can save hundreds of dollars.