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The implicit reason is that there is a bias that people who live in manufactured housing are dumber. The stated reasons are that manufactured housing is less safe, subject to different building codes and blah blah blah. In point of fact, I've seen farmhouses burn to the ground from stove and chimney related problems, and the concepts involved have no way of discerning whether a house is manufactured, stick built, or built of straw. It makes things safer, it doesn't cost much, and isn't worth worrying over.
The implicit reason is that there is a bias that people who live in manufactured housing are dumber. The stated reasons are that manufactured housing is less safe, subject to different building codes and blah blah blah. In point of fact, I've seen farmhouses burn to the ground from stove and chimney related problems, and the concepts involved have no way of discerning whether a house is manufactured, stick built, or built of straw. It makes things safer, it doesn't cost much, and isn't worth worrying over.
In the directions, it mentioned it specifically under "mobile home installation". I would think it should be under the "general" instructions.
Anyway, we are not cutting corners. We have all double wall stove pipe and triple wall chimney pipe. The stove has a heat shield. We made our pad from Micore, so it's about an R-value of 2.5, over and beyond the 2 that is required.
Now, I need to learn how to build a TDF.....top-down fire. I've read about them in other threads, but never done it!
Be sure to get the "accessories" for your wood stove.
Fireplace "tools". Poker, shovel, etc.
I have a small metal trash can I shovel the ashes into. Even though the top of the ashes look cool, there can still be hot embers in there! Even 10 hours after the last fire.
Department stores sell "hearth rugs" which are semi-circular. These will not catch fire if an ember flies onto it.
Be sure you have working smoke detectors inside each bedroom and in the hall outside. And a carbon monoxide detector in the hall.
Get a good big fire extinguisher and place that about 15 feet away from the wood stove.
Get a magnetic chimney temperature gauge. This just sticks on the outside of the chimney above the stove where you can see it. It will say if the chimney is over temperature. If too hot, you can damper it down (close the air intake). Or if too large of a fire is built, a few squirts of the fire extinguisher will calm the fire down quickly.
I also use my chimney temperature gauge to tell if the chimney is hot enough yet after building a fire for it to have draft (and I can then close the door). Also if there is enough heat left to place another log on and no need to bother lighting it. (If too cool, then I need to light it.)
Also a kitchen range oven temperature gauge is handy top place on the top surface of the woodstove. Then you can see if the surface it hot enough to cook / boil water, etc.
I have separate "paper" trash cans around the house. Since installing my woodstove, I now like "junk mail". Election time is wonderful! Great to help start fires. About 2/3 of my trash is paper.
And last you can add the dog laying on that hearth rug in front of the fire!
Thanks for all the great hints!!! Wood stoves are much different than fireplaces. I'll get a thermometer. How do I know how hot a double wall stove pipe should be?
...How do I know how hot a double wall stove pipe should be?
Hummm... My stovepipe is single wall inside the house up to the ceiling (double above that). I don't know if that chimney thermometer would work if yours is double wall inside the house?
Maybe place it down low right where the chimney meets the woodstove?
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