For some time we have talked about wanting to get a wood stove, but financially have never been able to quite get there. God is good, and we were recently blessed with the opportunity to purchase a wood stove. After much deliberation we bought a Quadra-Fire 3100 that was on sale at Coastal Farm. We have had the corner of our living room picked out for some time and after making the purchase we taped out the required hearth size on the floor.
I figured I could build my own hearth, but after reading up on it I was not so sure. To get the required thermal rating you could end up putting quite a few layers on there plus possibly using metal studs underneath instead of wood etc. As it turns out Coastal had a discontinued hearth pad that we got a pretty deal on, and it met the required thermal ratings.
We did bring two samples home to check out the colors, and decided on the one at the bottom of the picture.
We picked up the wood stove on a dry Saturday and with the boys help and a piano dolly we got it into the house.
The hearth pad slid in between the van seats nicely, but we need the piano dolly for it as well.
As for installation, I was a little concerned about cutting a hole in my perfectly waterproof roof, so we decided to pay a professional to do the install. The double wall piping is probably 3/4 of the total installation cost, it is expensive stuff. Below Ethan is helping Mr. Ryan with the installation.
Ethan was very excited to help out.
Finished product installed, with a fire in it.
We had some wood here, but none of it was seasoned, so we found some on Craigslist, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out the that the price included delivery. We had them unload it in the barn so that it will stay dry.
Wood heat is different than our furnace heat, it feels warmer. You can really get warmed up good sitting next to the wood stove and it will be nice to still be able to heat the house in a power outage.
We are very excited about it!
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