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FLOORPROTECTION
• Thiswoodstoverequiresanon‐combustiblefloorprotectorifthestoveistobeinstalledona
combustiblefloor.Ifthefloorthestoveistobeinstalledonisalreadynon‐com bustible(i.e.a
concretefloorinabasement),nofloorprotectionisneeded(althoughadecorative
floorprotector
canstillbeusedforaestheticreasons).
• Whenusinganyfloorprotector,considerthatthisstoveisnotonlyheavybutwillinduceheating
andcoolingcyclesonthefloorprotectorwhichcandamagetileandloosenmortarandgroutjoints
locatednearthestove.
• Thefloor
protectorshouldbeULappro vedorequivalentandmustbenoncombustiblewithanR
valueof0.5.Sincethemajorityoftheheatfromthisunitisradiant, thefloorprotectornotonly
servestokeepashesandsparksfromlandingoncombustibleflooringneartheunitbutalso
protects
thecombustiblefloorfromtheheatoftheunit.AhearthrugisNOTanapproved
substituteforaproperhearthpad.
• FortheUS:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast16in.fromthefrontofthefuelopening,8in.
fromthesidesofthedooropening
and8in.fromtherearoftheunit.
• ForCanada:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast450.0mmfromthefrontofthefuelopening,
200.0mmfromthesidesofthedooropeningand200.0mmfromtherearoftheunit.
•
Thenon‐combustiblefloorprotectormustextend2in.(50.8mm.)oneithersideofanyhorizontal
ventingrunsandextenddirectlyunderneathanyverticalventingpipe.
• PleaseseethefollowingpageforinstructionsoncalculatingRvalues,tobecert ainthatthe
plannedfloorprotectionisadequatefor
thisstove.
US:8.0in.
CANADA:200.0mm.
US:8.0in.
CANADA:200.0mm.
US:8.0in.
CANADA:200.0mm.
US:16.0in.
CANADA:450.0mm.
CAUTION
NEVERUSEGASOLINE,GASOLINE‐TYPELANTERNFUEL,KEROSENE,CHARCOALLIGHTERFLUID,
ORSIMILARLIQUIDSTOSTARTOR“FRESHENUP”AFIREINTHISHEATER.KEEPALLSUCH
LIQUIDSWELLAWAYFROMTHEHEATERWHILEINUSE.ADDITIONALLY,NEVERAPPLYFIRE‐
STARTERTOANYHOTSURFACEOREMBERSINTHESTOVE.