How is the Harvia M3 full kit installed?
The Harvia M3 full kit goes in as two jobs. The M3 stands on the floor on its fixed legs, inside the safety distances below; the chimney's smoke pipe joins the stove's 4.5" (115 mm) top opening, and the insulated chimney passes through the ceiling with the included lead-through insulation and flange and out through the roof under the rain flange. Keep the insulated chimney at least 3.94" (100 mm) and the uninsulated smoke pipe at least 19.7" (500 mm) from anything that can burn, and leave at least 16.9" (430 mm) of insulated chimney visible below the ceiling. Harvia's manuals say local regulations apply and the stove cannot share a flue; they give the step-by-step installation, under Documents.
Does the Harvia M3 full kit need floor protection?
The Harvia M3 full kit includes the WL100 bedding a tile or combustible floor needs, but not the protection in front of the door that a combustible floor also needs. Harvia's M3 manual says a bare concrete floor at least 2.4" (60 mm) thick needs no protection, a tile floor needs protective bedding because the adhesives and waterproofing under tile do not resist the stove's heat, and a combustible floor needs the bedding plus non-combustible protection in front of the stove door.
Harvia M3 safety distances
Keep at least these distances between the Harvia M3 and anything that can burn.
Harvia M3 minimum safety distances (Harvia manual Y05-0109-1)
| Top of the stove to the ceiling |
47.2" (1,200 mm) |
| Sides to combustible material |
9.8" (250 mm) |
| Rear to combustible material |
11.8" (300 mm) |
| Front to combustible material |
11.8" (300 mm) |
| To a masonry wall |
2.0" (50 mm) if air can circulate in front and at one side; 3.9" (100 mm) in a recess |
Harvia M3 with the WL450 protective sheath (Harvia sheath instructions Y05-0384)
| Sides |
2.0" (50 mm) |
| Rear |
2.0" (50 mm) |
| Front |
11.8" (300 mm) |
| Sheath to wall |
1.2" (30 mm) |
The shorter distances apply only with the WL450 sheath fitted; without it, use the first table.
Does the Harvia M3 need a first firing?
Yes, outdoors. Harvia's manual says to fire the M3 once outside before its first sauna, until the paint on the stove stops smoking, and to load the stones only after it has cooled.