B. Installing Vent Components
The glass must be taken off again for positioning the logs when the unit is finally installed in place and finished around it.
1.Attach the First Vent Component to the Starting Collars
To attach the first vent component to the starting collars of the fireplace:
•Apply a 3/8 inch (9.5mm) bead of stove cement around the 5 inch (127mm) fireplace starting collar.
•Make sure that the fireplace rope gasket supplied with the fireplace seals between the first
•Lock the vent components into place by sliding the con- centric pipe sections with four (4) equally spaced interior beads into the fireplace collar or previously installed com- ponent end with four (4) equally spaced indented sections.
•When the internal beads of each
•The first 90° elbow installed in the vent system of a rear venting fireplace MUST BE in a vertical position.
STARTING
COLLAR
STOVE
SEALANT
BEAD
FIRST VENT
COMPONENT
1 INCH (25.4mm)
Figure 10. Attaching the First Vent Component to the Starting Collars
!WARNING: A 3/8 INCH (9.5 MM) BEAD OF STOVE CEMENT MUST BE PLACED AROUND
THE 5 INCH (127 MM) FIREPLACE STARTING COL-
LAR BEFORE ATTACHING THE FIRST VENT COM- PONENT. FAILURE TO SEAL THIS JOINT MAY CAUSE THE FIREPLACE TO OPERATE IMPROPER- LY. SEE THE DIAGRAM .
!WARNING: ENSURE THAT THE FIBER- GLASS ROPE GASKET SUPPLIED WITH
THE FIREPLACE SEALS BETWEEN THE FIRST VENT COMPONENT AND THE OUTER FIREPLACE WRAP.
If the installation is for a termination cap attached directly to the fireplace, skip to the sections, Install Firestops and Vent Termination.
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