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made airtight with sealing rope, clamping rings and/or fire cement or heat resisting cement
where required. This includes sealing any holes in the firebox top or the annulus around the flue
spigot to prevent heated convection air being drawn out of the top of the stove or liner
insulation materials from dropping through.
Both the chimney and flue pipe must be accessible for cleaning and if ANY parts of the chimney
cannot be reached through the stove (with baffle removed), a soot door must be fitted in a
suitable position to enable this to be done.
4.5.
Fixing
Fix the stove to the back hearth using suitable non-combustible fixings through the base of the
outer firebox. If necessary screw the outer firebox to the back-panel by fixing the top or sides of
the firebox using suitable non-combustible fixings.
4.6.
Material Clearances
4.6.1.
Safety Distances from Combustible Surfaces:
Model
Shelf (4”/100mm)
Side surround leg (100mm) Side Full Wall
(to outer edge of trim) (to outer edge of trim)
FGi/FXi/FPi 5
250mm
150mm
350mm
FGi/FXi/FPi 5W
400mm
150mm
350mm
FGi/FXi/FPi 8
400mm
150mm
350mm
In addition it is strongly recommended that any furniture or other combustible materials are
kept at least 900mm clear from the front of the stove.
NOTE: Combustible surfaces can be protected from radiant heat from the stove by adding non-
combustible heat shielding between the stove and the materials with an air gap behind it. By
doing so, safe distances may be substantially reduced in practice.
4.6.2.
COMBUSTIBLE SHELVES AND BEAMS
Due to the fact that combustible shelves, timber fireplaces and beams have potentially
thousands of possible configurations in conjunction with stoves outset or inserted partially or
fully into chambers, it is not possible to give firm guidance on dimensions to these features. As a
guideline, materials that are in ‘line of sight’ to the stove are more likely to overheat due to
direct radiation from the stove body than materials that are not in ‘line of sight’ (e.g. with stove
fully inside a chamber). Materials above the stove are far more likely to overheat than materials
alongside or below. A guideline limiting temperature for solid timber (not surface finishes) is
approximately 80-85 degrees C with a normal ambient room temperature. Temperatures of
combustible materials can be substantially lowered with a simple heat shield constructed of a
non-combustible material (e.g. metal or fireproof board etc.) and a small air gap (6-12mm for
example) between the shield and combustible material.
4.6.3.
Distances from NON-combustible materials:
The stove can be recessed in a suitable sized non-combustible fireplace that is just larger than
the outer firebox. To conform to building regulations the fireplace recess walls should be at
least 200mm thick or each rear leaf at least 100mm thick in the case of a cavity wall at the rear.
If these dimensions are not met further protection for any combustible materials must be
provided. The walls of the fireplace recess and the hearth must be made of non-combustible
material.
