Desa M42P Installation, Continued, Installing Optional Glass Door Accessory, Opening Vent Damper

INSTALLATION

Continued

INSTALLING OPTIONAL GLASS DOOR ACCESSORY

CAUTION: Use only glass doors certified for use with this appliance.

Note: Glass door may be heavy for some individuals. If this is the case, please request help from someone else.

The M36, VM36, M42 and VM42 B-vent fireplaces are approved for use with optional bi-fold glass doors (see Accessories, page 27). The glass panels may be ordered and installed anytime after the fireplace installation is complete.

Follow these steps to install left and right panels:

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CAUTION:Theglasspanelsbecomeveryhotwhilethe appliance is operating. Do not attempt to adjust or clean the glass doors until the appliance has fully cooled.

The doors may be removed for replacement or cleaning as follows:

1.Partially open the door and press up on the upper spring clip with a screw driver until the outer top pivot pin is free of the clip.

2.Fully fold the frame assembly and slide the upper edge towards the center of the firebox opening until the guide pins are free of the frame rail (see Figure 37).

CAUTION: Always operate the appliance with the doors either fully opened or fully closed. Operating the appliance with the doors partially open can result in improper venting of flue products.

1.	With the handle at the bottom, completely fold the panel on its
	hinges.
2.	With the handle facing the center of the firebox opening, insert the
	lower pivot pin on the glass door panel into the hole in pivot plate
	on the bottom edge of the fireplace opening (see Figure 35).
3.	Keeping the folded door tilted, slide the upper two pins into
	the guide track found under the upper facial edge of the firebox
	opening.
4.	Tilt the glass assembly fully vertical until the outer pivot pin snaps
	into the mounting hole in the upper spring clip (see Figure 35).

Spring Clip

Side Front

Face

Partially

Opened

Door

Hold-Down Screw

5.	Once the top and bottom pins are secured, unfold the door into
	the closed position.
6.	Repeat the process for the opposite door assembly.
7.	To adjust the doors, slide them partially open. Using a screw-

Figure 36 - Adjusting Glass Doors

Spring Clip

	driver, loosen the hold-down screws in the spring clip (see
	Figure 36) and pivot plate.
8.	Close both doors until evenly joined at the middle and note the
	gap at the outer edges of the face.
9.	Reopen one door at a time and retighten the upper and lower
	hold-down screws.
10.	Repeat the process until both doors are evenly joined, spaced
	and working freely.

Fold Bi-Fold Door

After Releasing

Spring Clip and

Slide Door Out of

Upper Track

Depress Spring

Clip to Release

Pivot Pin

Remove Bottom

Pin From Pivot

Plate While Sliding

Door Out of the

Upper Track

	Spring
Slide Top	Clip
Pin Into
Door Track	Insert Pin	Into
	Spring Clip

Pivot Plate

Figure 37 - Removing Glass Doors

OPENING VENT DAMPER

Vent damper must be locked in the full open position before operating the fireplace. If vent damper is not open, fireplace will not light.

Insert Bottom

Pivot Pin

Into Pivot

Plate and

Swing Door

Into Vertical

Position

Pivot Plate

	VENT DAMPER MUST BE LOCKED
	IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION
OPEN	TO OPERATE THE APPLIANCE	CLOSE

Figure 35 - Installing Optional Glass Door

Figure 38 - Opening Vent Damper

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