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INSTALLATION
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Care fully follow the instructions below. This will ensure safe installation
into masonary, UL127-listaed manufactured fireplace, or listed vent-free
firebox.
Minimum Clearances For Side Combustible material, side
wall, and ceiling
A. Clearances from the side of the fireplace cabinet to any combustible
material and wall should follow diagram in figure 4.
Example: The face of a mantel, bookshelf, etc.. is made of combus-
tible material must be 4" from the side of the fireplace to the cabinet
(see figure 4).
B. Clearances from the top of the fireplace opening to the ceiling should
not be less than 42 inches.
NOTICE: Non thermostat controlled heaters maybe used as a
vented product. If so, you must always run heater with chimney
flue damper open, noncombustible material above the fireplace
opening is not needed. Go to Installing Damper Clamp Accessory
for vented operation.
Minimum Noncombustible material
Clearences
If Not Using Mantel
Note: If using a mantel proceed to If Using Mantel. If not using mantel, follow
the information on this page.
You must have non-combustible material(s) above the fireplace opening.
Non-combustible materials (such as slate, marble, tile, etc..) Must be at
least 1/2 inch thick. With sheet metal, you must have non-combustible
material behind it. Non-combustible material must extend at least 8" up (for
all models). If non-combustible material is less than 12", you must install
the fireplace hood accessory (24" and 30" Models Only). See Figure 5 for
minimum clearances.
Figure 4 - Minimum Clearance for Combustible to Wall
*Minimum 16 inches from Side Wall
*
Example
Heat Resistant
Material
(A)
Figure 5 - Heat Resistant Material (Slate, Marble, Tile, etc.) Above
Fireplace
Noncombustible Requirements for
Material Distance (A) Safe Installation
12" or more Non-combustible material OK.
Between 8" and 12" 24" Models: Install fireplace hood acces-
sory (GA60
60, see Accessories, page
27).
18" Model: Non-combustible material
OK.
Less than 8" Non-combustible material must be extend-
ed to at least 8". See Between 8" and 12",
above. If you cannot extend material, you
must operate heater with flue damper
open.
If Using Mantel
You must have non-combustible material(s) above the fireplace opening.
Non-combustible materials (such as slate, marble, tile, etc.) must be at least
1/2 inch thick. With sheet metal, you must have non-combustible material
behind it. Non-combustible material must extend at least 8 inches up (for
all models). If non-combustible material is less than 12", you must install
the fireplace hood accessory (24" Models Only). Even if non-combustible
material is more than 12", you may need the hood accessory to deflect heat
away from your mantel shelf. See Figure 5 and Figures 6 and 7, page 9, for
minimum clearances.
IMPORTANT: If you cannot meet these minimum clearances, you must
operate heater with chimney flue damper open. Go to Installing Damper
Clamp Accessory for Vented Operation, page 10.
INSTALLATION
Installation and Clearences for Vent-free
Operation (cont.)
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