Marble fireplaces,woodburning stoves

[powcaddy]

Having recently purchased a new woodburner i was wondering if they can be fitted onto a marble hearth with surround (the wood burner is to big to fit within the chimney breast so it will be external to the fireplace)

I am looking on ebay and there are plenty fireplaces for sale but is marble heat resistent to the woodburner

[Ian Leach]

You will be fine IMO the darker it is the more dense it is, so the more heat resistant it is.

[dangerous brian]

I spent 20 years in the granite trade and made loads of hearths for wood burners etc,get a lighter granite not marble,takes a lot to scratch granite,marble marks to easy as does slate.

[18 stoner]

So in your experience Brian, would a marble surround crack if it had an inset stove put in?

 

Sorry for the slight derail, but this is the ONLY reason i have not fitted a stove as i was told it would crack a one-piece marble surround:confused1:

[dangerous brian]

I the stove is on legs you should be ok if not you can have a cut part way through the hearth called an expansion joint,but generally heat travels up not down.

[18 stoner]

Sorry Brian, i was talking about the surround?

[dangerous brian]

Sorry mate surround shouldnt get affected by heat.

[cousin jack]

I spent 20 years in the granite trade and made loads of hearths for wood burners etc,get a lighter granite not marble,takes a lot to scratch granite,marble marks to easy as does slate.

Brian, you did'nt work for Pascoe's down at Trannack by any chance?