Tiled stove on concrete slab

[mothership]

Hello!

I'm considering installing a tiled stove. They weigh about 1400 kg.

Does anyone here have experience with whether it's okay to mount one "straight up" on a concrete slab (made according to all the rules)?

An acquaintance told me that the slab should be reinforced around the area where it will be mounted, for example.

The seller says (of course) that there's no danger.

Thanks for the input!!

 

[Centano]

I am not a designer, but 1400 kg is quite a substantial point load, so I guess it depends on how the slab is designed and the ground conditions underneath whether it's feasible or not, as well as where on the slab the tile stove will be placed. Instinctively, it feels like a reinforcement would be necessary. Hopefully, more answers will come from someone with better construction knowledge than me...

 

[Matti_75]

It entirely depends on the type of concrete slab. The concrete itself can handle the weight without issue, but depending on how much it bends, it can cause problems.

 

[ibrakadabra]

It completely depends on what type of concrete slab it is. The concrete itself can handle the weight without any problem, but depending on how much deflection occurs, there could be issues.

Check with a structural engineer, that's my advice.

 

[mothership]

If I want to have both belt and suspenders, and ask someone who works with this - is it typically a designer who can calculate it?

 

[Matti_75]

Is it piled, over or under-reinforced, or unreinforced?

 

[mothership]

Is it piled, reinforced at the bottom or top, or unreinforced?

It is not piled. I don't know the difference between bottom/top reinforced but - Insulation, underfloor heating/reinforcement, then concrete on top of that.

 

[Matti_75]

Then it holds!!