posted 5 years ago
I would be cautious about wood-burning appliances sitting atop timber construction.
As a child, we had the family home burn because of an improperly installed woodstove. It sat atop a clay brick surround in the corner, which was pretty good, for the most part, that sat atop wooden subflooring and joists, which turned out to be not so good, for the most part. The heat constantly transferred through the brick to the underlaying wood, which dried, kiln-like, until some single event that pushed the wood to ignition, probably a single ember popped out onto the brick itself.
Understandably, I prefer fuel-burning appliances of any kind to sit atop their own non-flammible foundation.
-CK
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein