Lifting stove during flooring?

[Tacobob]

I have a stove that currently stands on stone slabs. These are cut into the laminate so they are at the same height. I now want to lay a new floor over the existing floor, but then I have the problem of needing to cut out the new floor for the stove...

Option 1 is to lift the stove? How difficult can this be? I have a 1.5-story house with a chimney up to the roof.

Option 2 is to cut the floor to fit around the stove. Can you have laminate flooring directly adjacent? It's a soapstone stove from Contura.

More options?

 

[Stefan1972]

nah, you must have the spark guard intact, which is the stones today, that is. Lifting the stove is certainly not always so simple as the chimney usually stands on the stove.

 

[mgranbom]

For (some?) Contura, there is a glass spark guard that is simply placed on the floor in front of the stove. Then you should be able to lay flooring all the way up to the stove and then just place the spark guard on top.

/M

 

[Sthlm1891]

For (some?) Contura models, there is a glass spark protection that is simply placed on the floor in front of the stove. Then you should be able to lay the flooring all the way up to the stove and just place the spark protection on top.

/M

We have glass as spark protection for our Contura. Beneath it is oak parquet flooring. Works great. The glass panel is easy to pull out too, so it's easy to clean underneath if dirt has gotten under it.
Maybe not very clearly visible in the attached poor-quality mobile image.

 

[Tacobob]

But then the stove rests on the glass plate? I have to lift it to get the plate underneath then?

 

[mgranbom]

No, the glass sheet is cut according to the stove's base.

 

[RoBo]

No! The glass panel is loose in front, it is customized for each model.

 

[Ursidae]

The most sensible thing is to remove the old and place the vya around the stone slabs. I think so anyway.

 

[Tacobob]

Hello again! The boy has been sick so I've had to put this on the back burner for a while.

It looks pretty boring today. I'm afraid I'll get an ugly edge against the stove if I lay the floor over the stone. It does build up a bit with foam and flooring. The second alternative is to remove the outermost stones and "slide the floor under"?

 

[TommyP]

Have placed 2 hooks in the ceiling in a beam and lift the stove with 2 tension straps, so I can pull out the glass plate.
Also place wooden blocks at the bottom between the stove and the wall so it doesn't tip over.

 

[Wigert]

Hi, I might need to try something similar. So I'm curious how it went for you?

 

[TommyP]

Hi, I might need to tackle something similar. So I'm curious how it went for you?

I've done this several times on different stoves with insulated steel pipes, but don't lift more than necessary.

 

[Britt-Marie Sundman]

Hi, about to lift our stove to pull out the glass spark guard. Approximately how many mm can one lift without damaging the flue plate?

 

[TommyP]

It only takes 1-2 mm to be able to pull out the glass pane, but lift a little at a time and check if the pane comes loose.

 

[Britt-Marie Sundman]

Sorry for bombarding with questions but I feel at a loss. When we then lift up the stove, remove the board (IF WE MANAGE!!), what happens when we place it on the floor? Then we "miss" the height that the board constituted. Do we maybe need to have the board?!