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BEFORE YOU START (CONTINUED)
Accessories
Most accessories install much more easily before fitting the
fireplace to the opening.
For example, it takes just 10-15 minutes to install the blower side
before it’s framed in. Once the fireplace is framed in, it takes up
to an hour.
Preparation
This fireplace and its components are safe when installed
in accordance with this manual. Report any parts damaged
in shipment to your dealer. Do not install the fireplace with
damaged, incomplete or substitute parts.
Installation Considerations
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Gas supply piping – right or left side entrance
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Electrical supply and connections 120V, 60Hz, 1 Amp,
right side entrance
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Allowable fireplace mounting surfaces:
1. A flat, hard, combustible or non-combustible surface
2. A raised platform of combustible or non-combustible
material.
3. The four corners of the fireplace onto non-combustible
material so that contact is made on all four perimeter
edges on the bottom of the fireplace – such as on cinder
blocks (where allowed by local codes).
•
If the fireplace is installed directly on carpeting, tile or other
combustible material other than wood flooring, it should be
installed on a metal or wood panel extending the full width
and depth of the fireplace.
•
This fireplace is designed to be installed in a zero-clearance
enclosure. Combustible material can come in contact with
the side standoff spacers, and the fireplace can be secured
to combustible framing with the framing brackets provided
with the fireplace.
Planning the installation
First determine where the fireplace will be located and what
accessories will be installed.
Your location must allow for:
•
Venting – either vertical or horizontal. Choose a vent
configuration,
(See Pages 34-36)
and make sure the required
access through attics and walls is not blocked by other utilities
such as water lines, sewer vents, gas lines, etc. If access
is blocked, you will need to move the utilities or relocate the
fireplace.
•
Gas supply piping (right or left side of entrance) –
(See pipe
size and specs on Page 17).
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Electrical supply requirements
(120V, 60Hz, 1 Amp) (right side entrance)
•
Proper framing required for installation of the fireplace.
See framing dimensions on
(See Page 22)
.
•
Finishing the fireplace – drywall thickness, tile or stone
thickness, and the desired decorative accessories can affect
how you frame the opening and how you attach the nailing
flanges to set the proper depth.
(See Pages 23 - 24)
for
finishing details, before you begin.
