Phoenix Model 8612
Hearthstone Quality Home Heating Products, Inc
®
www.hearthstonestoves.com
8
Installation
U
NPACKING
Hearthstone packages your Phoenix stove with the
greatest care, so that it ships safely. Under certain
circumstances, however, damage can occur during
transit and handling. When you receive your stove,
unpack it carefully, inspecting your stove and all
parts for damage. Also, make sure that all parts are
included with the stove, on the stove, or in the
firebox. If any parts are damaged or missing,
please contact your dealer immediately.
I
NSTALLING
Y
OUR
S
TOVE
First, you must decide where to situate your stove.
After choosing an appropriate spot, inspect this
location to make sure that the stove will have
enough clearance to combustible materials that
would surround the stove. These combustibles can
include walls, floor, ceiling, fireplace, and chimney.
You must carefully consider the clearances to all of
these combustibles before actually connecting your
stove. When considering these clearances, also
decide the kind of floor the stove will rest on.
Depending on your floor, you can install your stove
as it is, or use a floor protector (Hearth).
You will need to purchase a reversible 45
elbow for
the flue collar exit. By reversing the 45
elbow, the
stove can be installed as either a
rear exit stove
(stovepipe typically exiting horizontally from the
back of the stove into a chimney) or a
top exit stove
(stovepipe typically exiting vertically up from the
stove into a close clearance chimney through the
ceiling and up above the roofline). These and other
methods of installation are acceptable as long as all
clearances, codes and other installation instructions
are observed.
Use this section to plan how to situate your stove in
your particular location. Consider both the
clearances of the stovepipe and the stove itself to
the surrounding combustibles.
The soapstone walls of the Phoenix soapstone
stove produce an even, radiant heat. Locate the
stove centrally in your living area to allow the heat
to travel naturally to distant rooms. It is not
recommended that you locate your stove in an
uninsulated basement. The amount of radiant
energy required to heat concrete basement walls is
so great that most of the usable heat is absorbed by
them and lost to the rest of the home.
Read this chapter to obtain a sound understanding
of how to properly install your stove.
If you use a close clearance connector pipe, it must be
listed, and tested to UL standards. Check the listing of
your pipe for actual clearances. The diagrams in this
manual represent typical installations, but are specific
to the Simpson Dura-Vent DVL brand. Clearances
cannot be reduced without the use of close clearance
connector pipe and/or by protecting the surfaces per
NFPA 211 standards.
H
EARTH
R
EQUIREMENTS
&
F
LOOR
P
ROTECTION
The floor protection must extend beyond the body of
the stove at the minimum as follows:
Figure 2 – 8612 Hearth Pad Requirements
Installations in Canada require 18” (45.72 cm) of floor
protection in the front.
Rear clearance is required only if stovepipe runs
horizontally back from the top of the stove. An
acceptable floor protector is a 3/8” (10 mm) minimum
thickness non-combustible or listed floor protector with
an “R” factor of 1.0.
The floor protector must have minimum dimensions of
42”w x 42”d (1067 mm x 1067 mm) and must extend at
least 8” beyond the body of the stove on the sides.
Outside Air Supply
You can connect an outside air source directly to this
stove using an optional outside air kit. The advantage
of providing outside air directly to the stove is that the
air used by the stove for combustion is taken from
