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Homestead Models #8570F and #8570H
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Installing a Venting System
Attach stovepipe sections to the stove and to each
other with the crimped end toward the stove. If
creosote builds up, this allows the creosote to run
into the stove and not the outside of the stovepipe
and onto the stove.
Secure all joints, including attaching the stovepipe to
the stove’s flue collar, with three sheet metal screws.
Install #10 x½” (3 mm x 13 mm) sheet metal screws
into the holes pre-drilled in the flue collar. Omitting
the screws can cause your joints to separate from
the vibration resulting from a creosote chimney fire.
You can simplify connecting stovepipe by using
additional accessories such as telescoping pipes,
slip-connectors, and clean-out tees. These
accessories ease the inspection of your chimney, as
well as allow you to easily dismantle the stovepipe
(without moving the stove) when you periodically
inspect the stovepipe connection and chimney.
Install the stove as close as practical to the chimney,
while maintaining all proper clearances. Install
stovepipe that is as short and as straight as
possible. Horizontal runs of stovepipe should always
rise away from the stove a minimum of ¼” per foot
(21 mm per meter).
Do not
use long runs of stovepipe to increase heat
dispersal. Using longer lengths of stovepipe or more
connecting elbows than necessary increases the
chance of draft resistance and the accumulation of
creosote buildup.
In general, you do not need to install a stovepipe
damper with the Homestead. Some installations,
however, could benefit from a stovepipe damper,
such as a tall chimney which can create a higher
than normal draft. In such cases, a damper can help
regulate the draft. The Homestead requires a draft
between 0.06” wc and 0.1” wc. For drafts above 0.1”
wc, install a stovepipe damper.
Remember, the NFPA has recommended, minimum
clearances for chimney connectors to combustible
surfaces such as walls and ceilings. Once the stove
is installed at safe distances from these combustible
surfaces, maintain these connector clearances for
the remainder of the installation.
Connecting Your Wood Stove
You can install your Homestead to a fireplace, a
prefabricated metal chimney, or a masonry chimney.
Installing in a Fireplace
You can install the Homestead in a masonry or zero
clearance fireplace. For a rear exit, you must first
remove and remount the flue exit. Using a 3/8 inch
wrench or socket, simply remove the four bolts that
hold the flue exit in place. (Be careful not to drop the
flue exit when all the bolts are out.) Rotate the flue
exit 180 degrees and reinstall the four bolts,
tightening them snugly.
Before installing the stove in a factory-built fireplace,
the fireplace must have the following characteristics:
1. Listed per UL 127 or ULC S610.
2. Include a full height listed chimney liner meeting
type HT requirements (2100° Fahrenheit) per UL
1777 (United States) or ULC S635 (Canada)
standards.
3. The means to prevent room air passage to the
chimney cavity of the fireplace.
4. Does not disturb the airflow in or within the
fireplace when installed (louvers, or cooling air
inlet or outlet ports must not be blocked).
5. Not be altered in any way, except for the
following:
a. External trim pieces which do not affect the
operation of the fireplace can be removed,
providing they are stored on or within the
fireplace for re-assembly if the insert is
removed.
b. The chimney damper can be removed to
install the chimney liner.
6. Must not have blocked circulating chambers (if
available).
7. The means for removing the insert to clean the
chimney flue.
8.
Have a permanent metal warning label (provided
with the Homestead—see illustration to the below)
attached to the back, stating that the fireplace must
be restored to its original condition for safe use
without the insert.
Remember, you must adhere to all previously
