Hearth and Home Technologies 36, 42 owner manual Chimney Requirements

E. Chimney Requirements

When planning your fireplace location, the chimney construc- tion and necessary clearances must be considered. The fire- place system and chimney components have been tested to provide flexibility in construction. The following figures are the minimum distances from the base of the fireplace.

•Minimum overall straight height is 6 ft 4 in. if the fireplace is freestanding and a minimum of 10 ft from a combustible structure. See Figure 3.2.

•Chimney must extend 2 ft (.6 m) above any portion of the roof within 10 ft (3 m) of the chimney. Refer to Figure 6.1.

		ft	m
•	Minimum heightwith offset/return	16	4.88
•	Maximum height	90	27.43
•	Maximum chimney length between an offset	20	6.1
	and return
•	Maximum distance between chimney	35	10.67
	stabilizers
•	Double offset/return minimum height	24	7.32
•	Maximum unsupported chimney length	6	1.83
	between the offset and return
•	Maximum unsupported chimney height above	35	10.67
	the fireplace
•	Minimum overall straight height if fireplace is	6.33	1.93
	freestanding

Note: A maximum of two pairs of offsets and returns may be used.

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