Heatilator • HEIR36, HEIR42, HEIR50 Installation Manual • 2285-980 Rev. G • 12/14
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Table of Contents
Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Speci
fi
c and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certi
fi
cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Speci
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cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Speci
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cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Speci
fi
cation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
F. Combustible Materials Speci
fi
cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
H. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 5
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Front Dimension Diagrams . . . . . . . 7
B. Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D. Hearth Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B. Chimney Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
F. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
G. PVK-80 and PVI-SLP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 27
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E. Installing the Optional Heat-Zone
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Gas Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
B. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
C. Installing Non-Combustible Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . 31
7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
B. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
C. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
D. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
E. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
B. Finishing Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D. Decorative Front Dimensions for Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . 46
11 Appliance Setup
A. Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
D. Lava Rock and Mystic Ember Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
E. Glowing Ember Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
F. Install the Log Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
G. Install Decorative Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
= Contains updated information.