Desa FBPS installation manual Installation Clearances

OWNER’S MANUAL

INSTALLATION

NOTICE: This firebox in combi- nation with unvented logsets are intended for use as supplemen- tal heat. Use along with your pri- mary heating system. Do not in- stall them as your primary heat source. If you have a central heat- ing system, you may run system’s circulating blower while using heater. This will help circulate the heat throughout the house. In the event of a power outage, you can use unvented logs as your primary heat source.

WARNING: A qualified ser- vice person must install firebox. Follow all local codes.

WARNING: Never install the firebox

•in a bedroom or bathroom

•in a recreational vehicle

•where curtains, furniture, cloth- ing, or other flammable objects are less than 42 inches from the front, top, or sides of the firebox

•in high traffic areas

•in windy or drafty areas

exterior surface on the rear or top of your firebox, except where standoff spacers are inte- grally attached. If standoff spacers are attached to your firebox, these spacers can be placed directly against wall or framing materials.

Use dimensions shown for rough openings to create the easiest installation (see Built-In or Internal Wall Firebox Installation, page 8).

INSTALLATION

CLEARANCES

WARNING: Maintain the mini- mum clearances. If you can, pro- vide greater clearances from floor, ceiling, and adjoining wall.

Carefully follow the instructions below. This will ensure safe installation.

Minimum Wall and Ceiling Clearances (see Figures 5 and 6)

A.Clearances from the edge of brick liner to any combustible wall should not be less than 8 inches (see Figure 5).

B.Clearances from the top of the firebox hoods to the ceiling should not be less than 42 inches.

C.When the firebox is installed on car- peting or other combustible material,

0" Min. Clearance to Upper Frame/Wallboard

other than wood flooring, the firebox should be installed on a metal or wood panel extending the full width and depth of the enclosure.

D.Clearances from the bottom of firebox to the floor is 0 inches.

E.Clearances from the open end of the firebox to the facing wall should not be less than 36 inches.

CAUTION: Do not install the firebox directly on carpet or vinyl.

CAUTION: Use only the clear- ances specified in this manual or on the firebox rating plate.

Minimum clearances to combustibles are:

• Back of outer casing		0" min.
• Drywall to sides and		0" min.
	top of front face
•	Ceiling to opening	42" min.
•	Floor (see Minimum	0" min.
	Wall and Ceiling
	Clearances, note C.)
•	Perpendicular walls,	4" min.
	Right and Left
•	Distance to Facing	36" min.
	Walls on Sides and
	End of Firebox

CAUTION: Log heaters in- stalled in this firebox create warm air currents. These currents move heat to wall surfaces next to fire- box. Installing firebox next to vi- nyl or cloth wall coverings or operating firebox where impuri- ties (such as tobacco smoke, aro- matic candles, cleaning fluids, oil or kerosene lamps, etc.) in the air exist, may discolor walls.

Ceiling

8" Min.

4"

Min.

Edge of

Brick Liner

42" Min.

0" to Wood Floor

IMPORTANT: Vent-free gas log heaters add moisture to the air. Although this is beneficial, installing firebox in rooms without enough ventilation air may cause mildew to form from too much moisture. See Air for Combustion and Ventilation, pages 4 through 6.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the firebox is level. If firebox is not level, log set will not work properly.

Note: Your Vanguard firebox is designed to be used in zero clearance installations. Wall or framing material can be placed against any

Figure 5 - Minimum Clearance - Front View

1/2" Min. Clearance
to Combustibles	36" Min. from
	Edge of Facial
	to Facing Wall
	on Open End
	of Firebox
	24"
43 3/4"
4" Min. from the Perpendicular
Side Wall to the Edge of Facia
Figure 6 - Minimum Clearance - Top View		Continued

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