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SAFETy INFORMATION
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2. If you smell gas
• shut off gas supply
• do not try to light any appliance
• do not touch any electrical switch; do not use
any phone in your building
• immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier's
instructions
• if you cannot reach you gas supplier, call the
fire department.
3. Never install the fireplace
• in a recreational vehicle
• in windy or drafty areas where curtains or
other combustible (flammable) objects can
make contact with the fireplace front
• in high traffic areas
4. Turn appliance off and let cool before servic
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ing, installing or repairing. Only a qualified
service person should install, service or repair
this fireplace. Have fireplace inspected annu
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ally by a qualified service person.
5. You must keep control compartments, burn
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ers and circulating air passages clean. More
frequent cleaning may be needed due to ex
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cessive lint and dust from carpeting, bedding
material, etc. Turn off the gas valve and pilot
light before cleaning fireplace.
6. Have venting system inspected annually by
a qualified service person. If needed, have
venting system cleaned or repaired.
7. Do not use any solid fuels (wood, coal, paper,
cardboard, etc.) in this fireplace.
8. This appliance, when installed, must be electri
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cally grounded in accordance with local codes
or, in the absence of local codes, with the
National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70
or
the
Canadian Electrical Code, CSA C22.1.
9. Do not use fireplace if any part has been ex
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posed to or under water. Immediately call a
qualified service person to arrange for replace
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ment of the unit.
10. Do not operate fireplace if any log is broken.
11. Do not operate fireplace with glass door
removed, cracked or broken.
12. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
Figure 1 - Direct-Vent Fireplace
Glass Door
Assembly
ON/OFF/REMOTE Switch
(Optional Installation)
Upper Louver
Panel
Lower
Louver
Panel
Flue Collar
Nailing
Flange
LOCAL CODES
Install and use fireplace with care. Follow all local
codes. In the absence to local codes, use the cur
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rent
National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA
54*
(USA) or the current
CSA-B149.1 Installation
Code
(Canada).
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION
PRODUCT FEATURES
These are a few facts that can help you understand
and enjoy your direct-vent fireplace:
• The venting system may be routed to the outside
of your home in several ways. It may vent through
the roof (vertical) or it may vent to an outside/exte
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rior wall (horizontal). The vent pipe installation is
very important to allow for proper operation. You
must follow the venting instructions very carefully
for either vertical or horizontal applications.
• This fireplace may be installed in any room of
your house provided all local codes and these
installation instructions are followed.
Control
Valve
Glowing
Embers
Blower Switch
(Optional
Installation)
Grate
Assembly
Lava Rock
Log Set