CW2500 Insert Installation and Operation Manual
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Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ............................... 21
5.1
Insert Maintenance ............................................................................................... 21
5.1.1
Plated Finish Maintenance ................................................................................ 21
5.1.2
Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 21
5.1.3
Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 22
5.1.4
Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 22
5.1.5
Cleaning and Painting the Insert ....................................................................... 23
5.2
Chimney and Chimney Liner Maintenance ........................................................... 23
5.2.1
Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 23
5.2.2
How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 23
5.2.3
Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 24
PART B - INSTALLATION ............................................................. 25
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Pre-Installation Masonry fireplace requirements ................. 25
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Safety Information ................................................................... 26
7.1
Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 26
7.2
Regulations Covering Insert Installation ............................................................... 26
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Clearances to Combustible Material ...................................... 27
8.1
Location of the Certification Label ........................................................................ 27
8.2
The Masonry Fireplace Throat Damper ................................................................ 27
8.3
Compliance of a Combustible Mantel Shelf .......................................................... 27
8.4
Positioning the Unit .............................................................................................. 28
8.5
Minimum Masonry Opening, Clearances to Combustibles, and Floor Protector .. 34
8.5.1
Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely .................................................. 36
8.5.2
Shield construction rules ................................................................................... 36
8.5.3
Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages With Regards To the Type
of Shield ........................................................................................................................ 43
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The Venting System ................................................................ 44
9.1
General ................................................................................................................ 44
9.2
Block-Off Plate ..................................................................................................... 44
9.3
Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 44
9.4
Liner installation ................................................................................................... 45
9.5
Chimney liner installation ..................................................................................... 46
9.6
Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 47
9.7
The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 47
9.7.1
Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 47