
Heatilator • NDV30-IFT, NDV33-IFT, NDV36-IFT, NDV36-IFT-NVR, NDV42-IFT Installation Manual • 2620-980 Rev. C • 8/20
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will
result in death or serious injury.
• WARNING!
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could
result in death or serious injury.
• CAUTION!
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Note:
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. Failure to perform the recommended task will not result in a safety concern.
Table of Contents
Installation Standard Work Checklist
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1 Product Specific and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certification
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specification
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
F. Combustible Materials Specification
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
H. California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
I. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 6
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Good Faith Wall Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Front Dimension Diagrams . . . . . . . 9
B.
Appliance Location and
Clearances to Combustibles . . . 13
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C. Vent Terminal Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 35
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Prepare For Heat Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections (DVP Pipe Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
G. Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
B. Combustible Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
C. Non-combustible Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . 52
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
C. Install Optional Refractory Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
D. Install Burner Mineral Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
E. Install Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
F. Install Decorative Barrier Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
G. Install the Log Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B. Optional Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
= Contains updated information.