VENTING: DETERMINING MATERIALS
TYPE OF MATERIALS:
1. PL Vent must be used for venting all Freestanding stoves.
2.
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.)
3. 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. It is recommended that the vent system be installed with a
minimum of three feet (3’) of
vertical rise
above the stove exhaust port.
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 REMAIN IN THE BURN GRATE.
2. Additional vertical exhaust venting should be provided 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” pellet 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:
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