change the material under the soapstone stove

[skorpannorpan]

Could use some help, technically or just inspiration and other ideas. I don't know yet... We have a large soapstone stove that the previous owner placed on boring brown 80s tiles. We don't like the color and we don't like that it's not equal on both sides. We are going to redo all the flooring in the room now and think it would be a good idea to redo this too as we, in other words, want to make the "plate" larger. But how do you do it?

We've considered that you probably have to lift the whole thing (weighs over 200 kg, at least, Contura's largest model) and redo it. We've considered that maybe you can place a black plate on top and somehow carve it out around the stove (one with storage underneath, which can be closed up) and we've also thought about whether you can cast or similar over it and maybe place something around it so it doesn't get cast solid.

What do you think is best? How would it work to lift it? Is it even possible?

Grateful for advice, tips, and ideas!

 

[byggarätt]

Polished epoxy-coated concrete is what I would choose; the concrete can also be colored... the difficult part is removing the tiles without moving the stove. I would do the following:
1. Get plastic wedges, lift the stove with these, just make sure you have disconnected the connection in the wall, etc.
2. Remove all the tiles until you are satisfied.
3. Clean the surface, prime it, apply colored fine concrete if necessary, but make sure the thickness matches the other flooring material, be precise, you can't sand too much, smooth the concrete.
4. Sand with a floor sander, ask for advice at the rental place.
5. Finish with epoxy lacquer.

 

[d_j]

I need some help, technical or just inspiration and other ideas. I don't know yet... We have a large soapstone stove that the previous owner placed on boring brown 80s tiles. We don't like the color and we don't like that it's not evenly distributed on both sides. We're going to redo all the flooring in the room now and think it would be a good idea to redo this as well as we want to make the "slab" bigger. But how do you do it?

We've considered that you must probably lift up the whole affair (weighs over 200 kg at least, Contura's largest model) and redo it. We've considered that maybe you can place a black slab on top and somehow carve it around the stove (one with storage underneath, which you can seal off), and we've also considered if you can pour or something similar over it and maybe put something around it so it doesn't get cast in place.

What do you think is best? How would it work to lift it? Can you even do it?

Grateful for advice, tips, and ideas!

On my soapstone stove, it's no problem to remove all the stones. It usually works that way on all if you need to replace stones or move the stove.