Hearth and Home Technologies RUTHERFORD-42 owner manual Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 Listing and Code Approvals

A. Appliance Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

B. Non-Combustible Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

C. Combustible Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Operating Instructions

A. Your Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

B. Seasoned Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

C. Starting a Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

D. Grate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

E. Firescreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

F. Flue Damper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

G. Outside Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

H. Molded Brick Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

I. Glass Doors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

J. Vented Gas Log Sets & Gas Log Lighters. . . . . . . . . . 9

K. Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

L. Clear Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

M. Wood Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3 Maintainance and Service

A. Disposal of Ashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

B. Chimney Inspection/Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

C. Check Firebox Molded Brick Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

D. Inspect Grate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

E. Glass Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4Troubleshooting Guide

5Getting Started

A. Typical Fireplace System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 B. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 15 C. Draft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 D. Negative Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 E. Locating your Fireplace & Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 F. Tools and Supplies Needed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 G. Typical Fireplace Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 H. Inspect Fireplace and Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

6 Framing & Clearances

A. Select Fireplace Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

B. Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

C. Sidewalls/Surrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

D. Frame the Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

7 Installation of Fireplace

A. Things to Consider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 B. Position the Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 C. Place Protective Metal Hearth Strips. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 D. Level Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

E. Install Outside Air Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

8 Chimney Assembly

A. Chimney Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

B. Using Offsets/Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

C. Assemble Chimney Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

D. Install Ceiling Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

E. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

F. Cut Out Hole in Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

G. Complete Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

H. Install Flashing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

I. Chimney Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

9 Chase Installations

A. Construct the Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

B. Install Fireplace & Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

C. Install Chase Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

D. Install Termination Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

10 Shrouds

A. Radiation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 B. Field Constructed Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

11 Installation of Molded Brick Panel

A. Install Hearth Molded Brick Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 B. Install Side Molded Brick Panel-Traditional . . . . . . . . 38 C. Install Back Molded Brick Panel-Traditional . . . . . . . 38 D. Installing Side Molded Brick Panel-Herringbone . . . . 39 E. Installing Back Molded Brick Panel-Herringbone . . . 39 F. Install Mortar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 G. Install Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

12 Finishing

A. Non-Combustible Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

B. Combustible Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

C. Hearth Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

D. Finishing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

E. Combustible Mantel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

F. Mantel, Adding Extra Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

G. Sidewalls/Surrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

13 Accessories

A. Gas Log/Lighter Provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 B. Wood Burning Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

14 Reference Materials

A. Fireplace Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

B. Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

C. Chimney Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

D. Service Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

E. Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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