Heat & Glo LifeStyle VRT-GY-N-AUB Indoor Fireplace User Manual


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Heat & Glo • VRT-AUB • 2123-980 Rev. H • 5/12
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Safety Alert Key:
• DANGER! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided will result in death or serious injury.
• WARNING! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided could result in death or serious injury.
• CAUTION! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
• NOTICE: Used to address practices not related to personal injury.
Table of Contents
A. Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
B. Limited Lifetime Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1 Listing and Code Approvals
A. Appliance Certication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B. Additional Related Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
C. Gas Pressure Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
F. Combustible Materials Specication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
User Guide
2 Operating Instructions
A. Gas Fireplace Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B. Your Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C. Clear Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
D. Decorative Doors and Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E. Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
F. Remote Controls, Wall Controls and Wall Switches . . . . . 10
G. Before Lighting Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
H. Lighting Instructions (IPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I. Control Module Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
J. After Fireplace is Lit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
K. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Maintenance and Service
A. Maintenance Tasks-Homeowner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
B. Maintenance Tasks-Qualied Service Technician . . . . . . 15
Installer Guide
4 Getting Started
A. Typical Appliance System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5 Framing and Clearances
A. Selecting Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B. Optional Stone Surround Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6 Termination Locations
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7 Flue Information
A. Flue Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
C. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D. Flueing Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E. Flue Pipe Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
F. Horizontal Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
G. Slim Line Wall Thimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
H. Vertical Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
I. Vertical Flue Restrictor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
8 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
B. Wall Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
C. Install the Ceiling Firestop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
B. Unbolting Appliance from the Pallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
C. Leveling and Bolting Down the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
D. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
E. Top to Rear Flue Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
F. Installing the Bafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
G. Positioning the Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
H. Placing Mineral Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I. Front Door Glass Assembly Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
J. Inner Glass Door Assembly Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
K. Covers Removal For Servicing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
L. Components Removal For Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
M. Parts Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
N. Adjustments And Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
O. Install Trim and/or Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
P. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
10 Installing Vent Pipe (SLP Pipe)
A. Assemble Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C. Secure The Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
E. Install Decorative Ceiling Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
F. Install Support Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
G. Install Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H. Flue Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I. Heat Shield Requirements for Horizontal Termination . . . 51
J. Install Metal Roof Flashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
K. Assemble and Install Storm Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
L. Install Vertical Termination Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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