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5. 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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44 ¾ (113.73 cm)
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53 ¾ (136.53 cm)
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3/8 in thickness (1 cm)
USA:
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44 ¾ (113.73 cm)
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51¾ (131.44 cm)
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3/8 in thickness (1 cm)
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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.
Clearances of the stove until the floor
plate protection.
The following dimensions are the minimums values and it can
be higher.
Canada:
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8 in (20.3 cm) behind
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8 in (20.3 cm) beside
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18 in (45.7 cm) in front of the door opening.
United States:
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8 in (20.3 cm) behind
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8 in (20.3 cm) beside
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16 in (40.64 cm) in front of the door opening.
