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Finishing Your Installation
To complete your fireplace installation, a fireplace grate will
be required for safe operation. The fireplace grate must be
sized to 50% of the hearth maximum. Additionally, a fireplace
screen must be installed for safety.
Placing the Logs
1.
Place the front log on the grate in front of the burner pipe
with the flat down and the heat chambers toward the
burner pipe and the log as far forward as possible while
keeping the back parallel with the burner pipe. Repeat for
the second front log on the opposite side of the see-thru
burner.
2.
Place the top logs across the two bottom logs in the order
and positions shown below.
9
10
7
8
5
6
Figure 39
9
10
7
8
5
6
Figure 40
Fireplace Door Accessory
IMPORTANT: Only Crown-Breckinridge or McKenzie-
Pendelton Doors are approved for use with this fireplace.
For installation Instructions, see separate instructions included
with doors.
Owner’s Operation & Precautions
Installers of the Mason-Lite are urged to call the attention of
fireplace owners to the following precautions.
The installer should hand-deliver this owner’s manual to the
owner or leave behind with the unit after it the installation is
complete.
Warning
: Use only the included fireplace grate or manufacturer
approved replacement.
Warning
: Do not attempt to operate your fireplace without a
fire safety screen installed.
CAUTION:
Use only the logs that come with this gas fireplace.
The manufacturer cautions against using chemical chimney
cleaners.
Never burn solid fuel in this fireplace under any
circumstance.
1.
First Lighting of the Mason-Lite – After construction is
completed, all elements of the fireplace and chimney
system must be completely dry. This means that the unit
must stand without any firing for a minimum of 28 days.
Only after that period of time can a first lighting take place.
Do not let the fire burn for more than one hour. After this
first lighting – when the fireplace has started to “cure”
Do
not set another fire for at least 24 hours.
2.
Second Lighting – With the second lighting you can let the
fire burn two hours – no more.
3.
After First and Second Lighting – When the fireplace has
been properly cured with careful “maiden” firings, you will
be able to run the burner for as long as you like.
Attaching the Burner and the Grate
1.
Unpack the burner assembly and place the rear legs of
the burner into the brackets in the back of the firebox.
2. Thread the pilot lines from the burner pilot assembly and
through the hole in the lower side of the firewall to the
valve/control box assembly and attach to the valve.
3.
Connect the supplied flex connector from the output of the
valve, through the hole and to the burner.
4.
Connect the second flex connector from the input of the
valve to the gas stub down stream from the required
manual shut-off valve.
Note: The required 1/8” NPT up stream pressure tap is built
into the valve (
Figure 36
).
CAUTION:
CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS FOR GAS LEAKS
USING A HALF-AND-HALF SOAPY WATER SOLUTION.
IF A LEAK IS DETECTED TIGHTEN CONNECTIONS AND
TEST AGAIN.
NEVER USE AN OPEN FLAME TO CHECK FOR GAS
LEAKS.
5.
Insert a one-way screw into the hole in the front of
each bracket and tighten with a long (min. 12”) screw
driver until contact is made with the grate leg and the
grate is permanently locked in place.
IMPORTANT
: Once installed the burner cannot be
removed.
6.
Fill in the holes you have drilled around the gas piping
with the regular MASON-LITE mortar.
SURFACE CRACKS
The MASON-LITE FIREPLACES are manufactured
