England's Stove Works 17VL Stove User Manual


 
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FLOORPROTECTION
Thiswoodstoverequiresanoncombustiblefloorprotectorifthestoveistobeinstalledona
combustiblefloor.Ifthefloorthestoveistobeinstalledonisalreadynoncom 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.
Thenoncombustiblefloorprotectormustextend2in.(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,GASOLINETYPELANTERNFUEL,KEROSENE,CHARCOALLIGHTERFLUID,
ORSIMILARLIQUIDSTOSTARTOR“FRESHENUP”AFIREINTHISHEATER.KEEPALLSUCH
LIQUIDSWELLAWAYFROMTHEHEATERWHILEINUSE.ADDITIONALLY,NEVERAPPLYFIRE
STARTERTOANYHOTSURFACEOREMBERSINTHESTOVE.