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Hastings Installations Manual
VENTING: DETERMINING MATERIALS
TYPE OF MATERIALS:
1. PL Vent must be used for venting all Freestanding stoves.
2. All Joints in the venting installation must be fastened together using three screws. All joints of
the venting system must be sealed with High Temp Silicone to make a gas tight fit.
3.
Exception: Single wall stainless steel may be used inside a fireplace or fireplace chimney.
(No clearances to combustibles are needed on single wall stainless steel adaptors, rigid or flex
pipe installed within a fireplace or inside a chimney.)
4. A clean out “tee” (PL Vent or “Quick-Connect Exhaust”) must be installed directly to the
stove and at the bottom of each vertical run of the exhaust system. These tees are to assist in
periodically cleaning the pipe. Single or double clean-out tees may be used.
The exhaust system
must be installed so the entire system can be cleaned without disassembly.
NOTE: ADHERE TO THE PL VENT CLEARANCES TO COMBUSTIBLES AS REQUIRED.
STRICTLY OBSERVE THE PL VENT MANUFACTURER’S SAFETY SPECIFICATIONS.
QUANTITY OF MATERIALS:
1. Installing the vent system with a
minimum of three feet (3’) of vertical rise
above the stove
exhaust port will provide some Natural Draft.
FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE NATURAL DRAFT THAT RESULTS FROM A VERTICAL
RISE MAY RESULT IN SMOKE BEING RELEASED INTO THE HOUSE WHEN
ELECTRICITY TO THE UNIT IS INTERRUPTED WHILE BURNING OR SMOLDERING
PELLETS REMAINS IN THE BURN GRATE.
2. Additional vertical exhaust venting may be needed when using:
a. More than one (1) elbow or tee; and/or
b. Horizontal runs of over three (3) feet.
3. For a venting system ending in a horizontal run, the exhaust pipe must be terminated by a
listed end cap or a PL vent elbow (45 or 90 degrees). Note: End caps or elbows must vent
exhaust gases away from the building.
4. For termination above the building roofline a rain cap is required.
5. The exhaust pipe on all stoves is 2.95” O.D. to accommodate a 3” stove pipe adaptor. Your
installation may require the use of 4” vent. (3” to 4” adapters are available for both PL Vent and
Single Wall Vent.)
Use the following guidelines:
