England's Stove Works 17VL, 50SVL17, 50TVL17 FLOORPROTECTION , CAUTION

FLOORPROTECTION

• Thiswoodstoverequiresanon‐combustiblefloorprotectorifthestoveistobeinstalledona

combustiblefloor.Ifthefloorthestoveistobeinstalledonisalreadynon‐combustible(i.e.a

concretefloorinabasement),nofloorprotectionisneeded(althoughadecorativefloorprotector

canstillbeusedforaestheticreasons).

• Whenusinganyfloorprotector,considerthatthisstoveisnotonlyheavybutwillinduceheating

andcoolingcyclesonthefloorprotectorwhichcandamagetileandloosenmortarandgroutjoints

locatednearthestove.

• ThefloorprotectorshouldbeULapprovedorequivalentandmustbenoncombustiblewithanR

valueof0.5.Sincethemajorityoftheheatfromthisunitisradiant,thefloorprotectornotonly

servestokeepashesandsparksfromlandingoncombustibleflooringneartheunitbutalso

protectsthecombustiblefloorfromtheheatoftheunit.AhearthrugisNOTanapproved

substituteforaproperhearthpad.

• FortheUS:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast16in.fromthefrontofthefuelopening,8in.

fromthesidesofthedooropeningand8in.fromtherearoftheunit.

• ForCanada:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast450.0mmfromthefrontofthefuelopening,

200.0mmfromthesidesofthedooropeningand200.0mmfromtherearoftheunit.

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• Thenon‐combustiblefloorprotectormustextend2in.(50.8mm.)oneithersideofanyhorizontal

ventingrunsandextenddirectlyunderneathanyverticalventingpipe.

• PleaseseethefollowingpageforinstructionsoncalculatingRvalues,tobecertainthatthe

plannedfloorprotectionisadequateforthisstove.

US:8.0in.

CANADA:200.0mm.

US:8.0in.

CANADA:200.0mm.

US:8.0in.

CANADA:200.0mm.

US:16.0in.

CANADA:450.0mm.

CAUTION