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MASONRY FIREPLACE INSTALLATION:
If installing the Empress with a skirt
the skirt must be installed before the
installation.
A non-combustible hearth pad must
cover combustible flooring underneath,
as well as 6” (150 mm) in front of the
heater and 6” (150 mm) to the side of
the heater.
1. Install the hearth pad.
2. Lock the fireplace damper in the
open position.
3. Install a positive flue connector at
the fireplace damper.
4. Set leveling leg to approximate
height.
5. Connect a Exhaust Starter Quick
Connect, straight or elbow, to the
exhaust pipe.
6. This fireplace insert must be installed
with a continuous chimney liner of 3”
or 4” diameter extending from the
fireplace insert to the top of the
chimney. The liner must conform
to type 3 requirements of CAN/ULC
S635.
7
Floor Protection
Min 6"
(150 mm)
Rain Cap
Steel Plate or Flashing
Flexible or Rigid 3"
Stainless Steel Liner
12" (30.5cm) Mantle
Minimum 36" (91 cm)
from Bottom of stove
Damper Removed
or Fastened Open
Surround Panel
Flexible stainless
steel pipe
connection
Optional
Exhaust Starter
Elbow (or Exhaust
Starter with
Clean-out Tee)
Figure 5: Masonry fireplace installation without skirt.
Figure 6: Masonry fireplace installation with
skirt.
When installing the insert into a masonry fireplace, DO NOT
remove any bricks or masonry, with the following exception:
masonry or steel, including the damper plate, may be
removed from the smoke shelf and adjacent damper frame,
if necessary, to accommodate a chimney liner. Do this only if
their removal will not weaken the structure of the fireplace
and chimney, and will not reduce protection for combustible
materials to less than that required by the national building
code. When installing the fireplace insert into a zero clearance
fireplace, DO NOT cut or modify any factory firebox parts.