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March 1
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, 2015
Installation.
Floor protection.
Your stove must be installed on a non-combustible material plate to protect the floor and avoid fire would be caused by:
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Projections of sparks when door opening or loading logs
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The heat radiation when stove runaway should have an ignition to the floor and the coating.
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Flow of creosote when there is a fire chimney
The coating used must be non-combustible and approved according to standard UL1618 for USA or approved to the locals codes
(Example: cement, brick, ceramic tiles…)
Floor protection plate minimum dimensions.
The following dimensions are the minimums values and it can be higher.
Canada:
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41 7/8 (106 cm)
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47 5/8 (115.88 cm)
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3/8 in thickness (1 cm)
Unites States
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41 7/8 (106.42 cm)
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45 5/8 (115.88 cm)
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3/8 in thickness (1 cm)
It’s necessary to protect the floor behind the horizontal
connecting pipe section to the chimney of 2 inches (5cm)
besides connecting pipe and up to the vertical connecting
pipe. You can extend the protection plate while respecting the
clearances of each side of stove.
