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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 your gas supplier,
call the fire department
3. Never install the log set
• in a recreational vehicle
• where curtains, furniture, clothing, or other
flammable objects are less than 42" from
the front, top, or sides of the log set
• in high traffic areas
• in windy or drafty areas
4. Before installing in a solid fuel burning fire
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place, the chimney flue and firebox must
be cleaned of soot, creosote, ashes and
loose paint by a qualified chimney cleaner.
Creosote will ignite if highly heated. Inspect
chimney flue for damage.
5. You must operate this log set with fireplace
doors or screens in place and fully closed.
Unless provided by other means, fireplace
doors or screens shall have openings for
introduction of combustion air.
6. This log set is designed to be smokeless.
If logs ever appear to smoke, turn off appli
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ance and call a qualified service person.
Note: During initial operation, slight smoking
could occur due to log curing and the burning
of manufacturing residues. You may wish to
add more ventilation by opening a window.
7. To reduce the creation of soot, follow the
instructions in
Cleaning and Maintenance
,
page 14.
8. Do not allow fans to blow directly into the
fireplace. Avoid any drafts that alter burner
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flame patterns. Ceiling fans can create drafts
that alter burner flame patterns. Altered
burner patterns can increase sooting.
9. Do not use a blower insert, heat exchang
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er insert or other accessory not approved
for use with this log set.
10. The installation and provisions for combustion
and ventilation air must conform with the
Na-
tional Fuel Gas Codes, ANSI Z233.1/NFPA
54, Air for Combustion and Ventilation
.
11. Do not run log set
• where combustible materials, gasoline
and other flammable vapors and liquids
are used or stored
• under dusty conditions
12. Do not burn solid fuel in the fireplace after in
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stalling the log set. Do not use this log set to
cook food or burn paper or other objects.
13. Log set becomes very hot when in use. Keep
children and adults away from hot surface to
avoid burns or clothing ignition. Log set will
remain hot for a time after shut-down. Allow
surface to cool before touching.
14. Carefully supervise young children when
they are in the room with log set.
15. Do not use this appliance if any part has
been under water. Immediately call a
qualified service technician to inspect the
appliance and to replace any part of the
control system and any gas control which
has been under water.
16. To help prevent breakage, new logs must
be broken-in (see
Curing Logs,
page 13).
17. Turn log set off and let cool before servic
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ing, installing, or repairing. Only a qualified
service person should install, service, or
repair log set.
18. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings.
ProduCT IdenTIFICaTIon
Hearth Kit Model
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Serial Number
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Log Set Model
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Figure 1 - Product Identification (FVDA24R Shown)
Grate
Burner
Pan
Burner Manifold
Burner Clamp
Grate
Steps