Wood floor under arch, what to so?

[bairdswift]

Looking for ideas of what to build to put under my arch because it sits on a wood floor. Would not mind if it raises up a few inches.

[CPlace]

I would check with your local landscaping/hardscaping yard and look at their stone options. I placed a 2" thick piece of 2X6 blue slate under my 2X5 evaporator and it fits like a glove. Slate is commonly used in a lot of heath applications under woodstoves and fireplaces. I looked at a bunch of options before deciding what to put down on my wood floor and I found slate to be affordable, durable, and moveable!

[twitch]

you could frame up and pour a small slab under arch.

[spencer11]

padio block or concrete board that you put under tile floors sometimes

[Gary R]

I used aluminum diamond plate. Slip resistant and nothing to bang your toes into. It extends a couple of feet all the way around the arch. The bottom of my arch is solid so no coals go to the floor. I also have the arch on 4" solid blocks so no heat transfers to the floor.

[lastwoodsman]

I used cement board and put a piece of 1 1/2 inch granite counter top under the firebox.

[red maples]

I put a bottom on the firebox, bricked and insulated it, raised it up 4 inches off the floor and put cement board under the firebox and extended it a few feet in front and to the sides of the arch. works great!!! I will be adding on to my sugarhouse next summer and moving my arch so when I do I plan on pouring a cement slab under the arch, actually have to look into the price and proabably the whole addition!!!

[maple flats]

Befroe I had a concrete floor, I had concrete blocks under the arch, forming a base with a generous apron and I capped it with galv. sheet metal. I did this under my 2x6 and for 1 year under my 3x8 and then I poured the concrete. The blocks and tin worked fine but the peace of mind with concrete is better.

[blac]

You could pull up a couple of boards depending on your floor pattern and frame an area and pour some concrete, I just poured a 4x12 pad 6 inches thick with quickcrete bags 48 of em for @ 200 bucks if you don't mind a project.. oh and some scrap metal.

[red maples]

I don't have the figures infront of me and I am sure it would be very comparable and maybe even cheaper to do cement. and doing bags by hand well renting a mixer would go much quicker. 8x10 section of floor. 2x10 pt lumber and 3/4 PT plywood. with the current cost of wood I am thinking the floor may cost about $4-600 for concrete. gotta get stone and some sand to fill anyway. couple hundred there. quick figures for PT floor #2 wood (lowe's) nails, brackets extra support under arch cost about $4 to $450.00 so hmmm probably go concrete!!! its pretty close. the wood is def. quicker!!! but concrete better!!!

[RileySugarbush]

For a wood stove in an old outbuilding, with a wood floor covered in old tile( probably asbestos for the 60's), I got some 18 concrete squares. I think they are about 1.5" thick and they have a faux rock like finish, glossy but a bit uneven. I bedded them to the floor and caulked between them with grey silicone made for sealing around fireplace masonry. Simple, cheap and it is holding up well.

[lafite]

this is a great question. I have the same situation...an open bottom going on a wood floor. I was thinking of cris-crossing 3x5 cement boards then putting ceramic tile directly under where the ash falls.