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HEARTH ACCESS AND ASSEMBLY

Removing Lower Louver Access Panel

Removing Top Louver Trim Panel

Removing/Replacing Glass Door

HEARTH ACCESS AND ASSEMBLY

Removing Lower Louver Access Panel

1.Grasp the lower louver panel and pull up until the hanger brackets release from the door pins (see Figure 53).

2.Swing the louver panel out until it clears the fireplace opening.

3.Pull the entire panel out until the bottom tabs are free of the slot openings in the lower face frame.

Door

 

Pin

 

3. Pull

Hanger

Out Panel

Bracket

Lower Louver

 

Access Panel

 

2. Swing

 

Out Panel

 

1.

Lift

 

Up Panel

Figure 53 - Removing Lower Louver Access Panel

Removing Top Louver Trim Panel

1.Grasp the two hanger brackets at the bottom and pull up until the hanger brackets release from the door pins. (see Figure 54).

2.Swing out the bracket ends until the upper panel tabs can be angled out of the slot openings in the upper face frame.

3.Pull the entire louver trim panel out of the face frame.

Panel Tabs

3. Pull Out

Top Louver

Panel Tabs

1. Lift

Trim Panel

 

Up Panel

 

Hanger

Bracket

2. Swing

Out Brackets Door

Pin

Figure 54 - Removing Top Louver Trim Panel

WARNING: If fireplace has been running, turn off and let cool before accessing or servicing the unit.

WARNING: Handle glass door panel with care. Do not strike, slam, or otherwise abuse glass. Do not operate fireplace with glass door removed, cracked, or broken.

Removing/Replacing Glass Door

If replacement of glass is necessary, the entire assembly, glass and frame, must be replaced. Ifglass is broken, wear gloves and tape the remaining fragments onto the frame.

1.Remove the lower louver panel (see Removing Lower Louver Access Panel, Figure 53).

2.Remove the top louver trim panel (see Removing Top Louver Trim Panel, Figure 54).

3.Hold the glass frame with one hand and with the other hand unlock the two door latches found on top of the firebox to release tension on the door frame (see detail Figure 55).

4.Unhook the locking clasp from the tabs on the door frame and with both hands swing the door panel out while pivoting the lower frame on the lower retaining bracket.

5.Lift the lower frame tabs out from the positioning slots found on the lower frame retaining bracket (see detail Figure 55).

6.Remount the new frame in reverse order by placing the posi- tioning tabs on the glass frame into the slots in the retaining bracket then swinging the door into the sealed position and locking the two latches in place.

7.Replace the top louver panel and then the lower louver panel.

Unlock

Lock

1. Unlock

Door Latches

 

 

 

 

 

Door Panel

 

Latch

 

 

 

2. Swing

 

 

Out Panel

 

Door

 

 

Frame Tab

3. Lift Out

 

 

 

 

Door Tabs

Figure 55 - Removing/Replacing Glass Door

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