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Author Topic: Putting a wood stove on laminate flooring???  (Read 439 times)
Icehound
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« on: August 21, 2007, 10:18:19 AM »

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I have a cottage with 12mm laminate floor installed. I would now like to put in a wood stove. My plan was to put down a hearth pad made of 3/4" plywood finished in tile on the top (approximate size 5' x 5'). Then I would place the wood stove on that.

The cottage is not heated during winter most of the time and tempatures do drop well below zero (32F) regularly.

Someone suggested that becuase that would "limit" my floor from floating that I could get major buckling problems with my flooring.

Any experts out there on this? I also put new kitchen cabinets and appliances in on the floor already about a week ago. Thanks
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2007, 06:04:51 PM »

The drop in temp below alone will cause issues. You should of pulled the laminate up before installing cabinets. The cabinets will lock the floor in. I would cut out the spot for the wood stove and leave a 1/4 inch expansion gap around the plywood. And use a transtion molding to hide the expansion gap.
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2007, 07:10:26 PM »

Thanks Lamguy
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