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2. Install gas piping to fireplace location. This installation includes an approved
flexible gas line (if allowed by local codes) after the manual shutoff valve. The
flexible gas line must be the last item installed on the gas piping. See Installing
Gas Piping to Fireplace Location, page 15.
3. Place hearth base accessory against wall at installation location. Cut an access
hole in hearth top to run flexible gas line to fireplace (see Figure 8). Make sure
to locate access hole so cabinet mantel will cover it when installed.
Note:
You
can secure base to floor using wood screws. Countersink screw heads and putty
over.
Gas Line Access
Hole
Flexible Gas Line
Hearth Base
6. Place cardboard or other protective material on top of hearth base. Carefully set
fireplace on protective material, with back of fireplace inside mantel opening.
7. Attach flexible gas line to fireplace gas regulator. See Connecting Fireplace to
Gas Supply, page 17.
8. Carefully insert fireplace into cabinet mantel. Be careful not to scratch or
damage hearth base, cabinet mantel, or any laminate trim on hearth base.
Remove protective material from top of hearth base and from front of fireplace
(if any).
Note:
You can secure fireplace to hearth or floor. Open lower louver.
Locate screw holes in bottom of base. Tighten wood screws through these holes
and into hearth or floor.
Figure 8 - Placing Hearth Base Accessory Against Wall
4. Route flexible gas line through access hole in hearth base.
5. Center cabinet mantel on hearth base (see Figure 9). Make sure mantel is flush
against wall.
Cabinet Mantel
Figure 9 - Installing Cabinet Mantel