Pellet Stove Hearth Pad Over Carpet

Our pads have a solid bottom that will support a stove up to 450 lbs.

Pellet stove hearth pad over carpet.

Octagon hearth pads these octagon hearth pads are more than just a decoration for your hearth. When installed on carpet. Unlisted stoves with a stove body that sits 2 inches or closer to the floor must only be installed on a non combustible floor. As a general rule of thumb the hearth pad dimensions for a free standing stove with no listed clearances over a combustible floor should be 36 inches in all directions from the edge of the stove.

Add 12 inches to the pellet stove depth measurement. 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. Together life fire resistent fireplace hearth rug rectangular hearth pad polyester trim non slip mat protects floors patio from sparks embers 48 x 30 3 8 out of 5 stars 162 29 99 29. It s my opinion that a carpet under a hearth pad helps even out the rough spots and make it less prone to cracking.

Stove weight is not an issue if you are installing on a level flat floor. They ll add protection underneath your solid fuel burning stoves and inserts. The founder and principles of diamond hearths together have over 20 years in the hearth pad business. Thinking ahead is it possible or practical to build and install a hearth pad over carpeting.

The carpet will compress and may cause the pad to bow. The area around the pellet stove that the pellet stove hearth pad needs to cover will typically be six inches at the front and sides less at the rear although it should extend under the vent pipe. On carpet if your stove weighs more than 450 lbs its weight pushes the hearth pad down directly under its footprint. Their attention to detail and insistence on quality and workmanship are evident in every hearth pad that diamond hearths produces.

The manual for your heater will give precise dimensions which local building codes may exceed. The room the stove is going into is 17 x 16 with a non permanently installed carpet that is trimmed about 8 10 from each wall with carpet pad underneath. In fact the few i have seen cracked were on solid floors that have warped or whatever over time since the install. Measure the depth of your pellet stove.

In 27 years i have yet to see an american panel hearth pad crack on a carpet. Diamond hearths hearth pad are hand crafted in america by skilled craftsmen.