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US
Floor protection
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If the floor is combustible, the stove must be placed on a non-combustible plate such
as steel, glass or stone. The floor protection plate must extend 16” in front of the stove
door in the US (40.6cm) and 18” (45.7cm) in Canada, 8” (20cm) beyond the sides of
the fuel-loading door. The floor protection is required to have thermal protection R=1.4
unless the door is position > 9.5” above the floor, then the thermal protection can be
R=0
Make sure that the floor and the sub-floor of the room in which the stove is installed is
designed to carry the extra weight of the stove. The floor protector plate must be made
of a non-combustible material.
