Hearthstone Quality Home Heating Products, Inc
®
Model 8370
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V
ENTING
C
OMPONENTS AND
C
ONFIGURATION
C
OMPONENTS OF A
V
ENTING
S
YSTEM
The complete venting system consists of several
components: chimney connector, wall thimble,
wall pass-through, chimney, and liner. It is
absolutely necessary
that you install all of these
components within the clearances to
combustibles discussed earlier to install your
stove safely.
To protect against the possibility of a house fire,
you
must properly install and constantly
maintain the venting system
. Upon inspection,
immediately replace rusted, cracked, or broken
components.
The
chimney connector
is the stovepipe
from the woodstove to the chimney. The
chimney connector stovepipe must be 6"
(152 mm) diameter, 24 MSG or 25 MSG
blued steel connector pipe.
Do not use
aluminum or galvanized steel pipe
- they
cannot withstand the extreme temperatures
of a wood fire.
A
thimble
is a manufactured (or site-
constructed) device installed in combustible
walls through which the chimney connector
passes to the chimney. It keeps the walls
from igniting. You must use a wall thimble
when installing a chimney connector
through a combustible wall to the chimney.
A
wall pass-through
(or chimney support
package) also keeps the walls from igniting.
You must use one when connecting through
a wall or ceiling to a prefabricated chimney.
Only install this stove to a
lined masonry
chimney
or an approved high temperature
prefabricated residential
type building
heating appliance chimney.
Do not
connect
this stove to a chimney serving another
appliance; you will compromise the safe
operation of both the wood stove and the
connected appliance.
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WARNING:
DO NOT CONNECT THIS APPLIANCE TO ANY
AIR DISTRIBUTION DUCT OR SYSTEM.
A
liner
is the UL 1777 or ULC S635 (for
factory built fireplace or masonry) chimney.
You must connect your stove to a chimney
comparable to those recommended in this
manual.
Do not use stovepipe as a chimney
.
Use stovepipe for freestanding installations only
to connect the stove to a proper chimney.
I
NSTALLING A
V
ENTING
S
YSTEM
Stovepipe sections must be attached to the stove
and to each other with the crimped end toward
the stove. If creosote builds up, this allows the
creosote to run into the stove and not the outside
of the stovepipe and onto the stove.
Secure all joints, including attaching the
stovepipe to the stove's flue collar, with three
sheet metal screws. Install #10 x 1/2" (3 mm x
13 mm) sheet metal screws into the holes pre-
drilled in the flue collar. Leaving off the screws
can cause joints to separate from the vibration
that results from a creosote chimney fire.
You can simplify connecting stovepipe by using
additional accessories such as telescoping pipes,
slip-connectors or clean-out tees. These
accessories ease the inspection of your chimney,
as well as allow you to easily dismantle the
stovepipe (without moving the stove) when you
periodically inspection the stovepipe connection
and chimney.
