what to stand an electric stove on.
Hi,
We’ve just bought a simplex optimist plug in electric fire. Designed to look like a log burner. It will go in the corner of our living room. The room is carpeted, I’m wondering whether the electric stove should be stood on something rather than just onto carpet and if so what?
Does it need to be on anything from a safety point of view?
It will be angled across this corner so would a custom made piece of wood do the trick?
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last monthI have similar in my living room and it sits on a sandstone paving slab within my fireplace. The heat blows out from the bottom just above the legs. There should be advice in the instruction manual surely?
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idea: Triangular 'floating' platform (transparent to show its simplicity)
mount supporting slats on both walls, place triangular shaped platform, fixateTo measure the whole up, first place stove in the corner on a large peace of cardboard, use clearances from instruction manual (platform sides would likely be around a meter long). A kitchen company could help you with a platform made from quartz on i.e plywood. Or use plywood and get creative with either paint or (mosaic) tiles. Just make sure the front is reinforced, to carry the weight of the stove.
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