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USER INFORMATION
Element4 Gas Fireplaces
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The Element4 fireplaces are called direct vent fireplaces and, as such, the intake and exhaust are both handled through the vent
pipe. The fireplace also provides convection air to your room. Figure 1 (below) shows one of the unique features of the Element4
fireplaces - its use of convection air flow.
Other fireplaces have louvered metal boxes around them to keep temperatures under control. The Element4 fireplaces use your
enclosing walls, or chase, to guide the convection air. This design, therefore, requires the use of non-combustible wall materials
and gives you beauty for your effort.
When the air within the chase is warmed by the fireplace it rises and exits through the Convection Air Outlet. This convection air
is replaced by room air which enters the chase through the Room Air Inlet. As the exiting convection air cools it falls to the floor
where it's drawn into the Inlet and the cycle repeats.
The fireplace itself provides the room air inlet as part of its design; you provide the convection air outlet as part of your design.
See the
ENCLOSING the FIREPLACE
section of this manual for more information.
Chase
Convection Air
Outlet
(typical)
Convection Air
Room Air
Room Air Inlet
Figure 1
WARMTH AND BEAUTY - HOW IT WORKS
Convection Air