tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post8927652871095172478..comments2024-03-18T22:56:10.604-07:00Comments on Wood Cookstove Cooking: Wood Cookstove ClearancesJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01928066388810835369noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-52539599745504599422013-12-26T14:25:16.929-08:002013-12-26T14:25:16.929-08:00Thanks so much for explaining how your vintage sto...Thanks so much for explaining how your vintage stove is installed in the summer kitchen. I am leaning towards the Gem-Pac because of its reduced clearances. We plan to have a wood cook stove installed before next winter. Was the summer kitchen on the farm already or did you build it? More pics of it in the future would be appreciated! I ha e a Pinterest board devoted to summer/canning kitchens as I Would love to have one. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12697024814860693391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-77429326333163741852013-12-16T16:04:35.222-08:002013-12-16T16:04:35.222-08:00Thanks for the excellent and knowledgeable reply, ...Thanks for the excellent and knowledgeable reply, Stephen! Your response has prompted me to do a search of Iowa's code, but I haven't been able to find much yet. I really appreciate the valuable information.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928066388810835369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486194406227682414.post-49336735296761668382013-12-15T21:10:03.012-08:002013-12-15T21:10:03.012-08:00The man at The Antique Stove Hospital, a Rhode Isl...The man at The Antique Stove Hospital, a Rhode Island stove restoration outfit, has this to say about UL listings: <br /><br />"Many times an inspector will say a stove must be UL listed. This rule only applies to stove manufactured since Jan. 1, 1981. Any stove made before that time is grandfathered but must be looked over for damage etc. The rules are found under the BOCA codes or the ASME codes, " solid fuel room heaters" in the exemption section at the end."<br />http://www.stovehospital.com/<br /><br />The Maine state fire marshal has posted stove installation guidelines which break stoves down into two categories, tested stoves, and older stoves. Clearances for tested stoves are to be the clearances the testing laboratory requires. For older, unlisted stoves, the Maine fire marshal lists standard clearances to be used.<br /><br />You may recall from your blog posting of Oct. 31st, I commented that I have a Glenwood C cabinet stove that I will be installing when I remodel the kitchen. I haven't yet approached my insurance company about this stove. I will be calling in the town's code inspector and will install the stove to the Maine Fire Marshal's specification for generic, unlisted stoves and hope that this satisfies the insurance company. I've heated with wood for years and years and fully understand wood stove fire risks. I'll be using grade A, insulated, stainless chimney with substantial combustible clearances as well as lots of protection and regular chimney inspections and cleaning. I don't intend to burn down my house, insurance or not.<br /><br />One thing I will also add is that, like reader Mark with his Glenwood Cabinet stove, I too will be building an open pedestal for it - probably more open than the one shown in his pictures for the purposes of floor clearances. <br /><br />It turns out that the Maine guidelines for floor protection depend on how long the stove legs are. Stoves with legs of 6 inches or more only need a fireproof, masonry floor covering over a combustible (wood) floor. Legs of 4 to 6 inches require a hollow masonry covering with venting (bricks or blocks with vent cavities, laid on their sides) over a combustible floor while stoves with 2 inches or less of legs require a fully non-combustible floor (a concrete slab or cement board over steel studs. No wood or other combustibles allowed at all.)<br /><br />Since my house has wood floors over wood floor joists, and since swapping all that out with completely non-combustible flooring is a tall order, I am going to do a base that basically puts the stove up 6 inches (which is good as it will raise the cook top height to the now-standard 36".) Thus I will be able to argue to the inspector that I just need ordinary masonry laid over my wood floor rather than replacing my flooring all the way down to the joists underneath (in the basement.) I think the existing cabinet below the stove already affords some fire clearance between the fire box and the floor, but I would also assume that any inspector would consider a Glenwood cabinet stove to be a legless stove, hence, I am very glad for reader Mark's pictures.<br /><br />Repeating links to Mark's stove, and mine:<br /><br />Mark's picture: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Pp1ujYgQqcQ/Ujhq8etSuYI/AAAAAAAAAE8/qGXaXMN6eH4/s320/001.jpg<br /><br />My yet-to-be-installed stove: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27753697@N08/10627773275/Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.com