England's Stove Works 25PAH Gas Heater User Manual


 
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FLOORPROTECTION
Thispelletstoverequiresanoncombustiblefloorprotectorifthestoveistobeinstalledon
acombustiblefloor.Ifthefloorthestoveistobeinstalledonisalreadynoncombustible
(i.e.aconcretefloorinabasement)andhasanRvalueequaltoor
higherthan.2,nofloor
protectionisneeded(althoughadecorativefloorprotectorcanstillbeusedforaesthetic
reasons).
PrefabricatedfloorprotectorswhichareULlistedorequivalentcanbepurchasedorafloor
protectorcanbebuiltfromstandardmaterials;twosheetsof.5”thickcementboard
covered
withceramictilewouldbeasuitablefloorprotectorwhichmeetsthe.2Rvalue
requirement.
Whenusinganyfloorprotector,considerthatthisstoveisnotonlyheavybutwillinduce
heatingandcoolingcyclesonthefloorprotectorwhichcandamagetileandloosenmortar
andgroutjoints.AhearthrugisNOTanapprovedsubstituteforaproperhearthpad.
FortheUS:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast6in.(152.4mm)fromthefront&sides
and4in.(101.6mm)fromtherear.
ForCanada:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast18.0in.(457.2mm)fromthefrontof
theunit,8.0in.(203.2mm)fromthesidesoftheunitand4.0in.(101.6mm)fromtherear.
InCanada,itisrequiredthatthenoncombustiblefloorprotectorisunderneathand
extends2in.(50.8mm.)oneithersideofanyhorizontalventingrunsAND/ORisdirectly
underneathanyverticalventingpipe.
US:6.0in.
Canada:
8.0
in.
US:6.0in.
Ca
n
ada
:
8
.
0
in.
US:4.0in.
Ca
n
ada
:4.
0
in.
US:6.0in.
Ca
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ada
:1
8
.
0
in.