Table of Contents

1 Listing and Code Approvals

A. Appliance Certiﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B. Glass Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C. BTU Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E. Non-Combustible Materials Speciﬁcation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 F. Combustible Materials Speciﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 H. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. . 5

2 Getting Started

A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

B. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

C. Inspect Appliance and Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

D. Inspect Firebox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Framing and Clearances

A. Selecting Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

B. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

C. Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

D. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

E. Hearth Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 Termination Locations

A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

5 Vent Information and Diagrams

A. Vent Table Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

B. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

C. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

D. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6 Vent Clearances and Framing

A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. Wall Penetration Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C. Vertical Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7 Appliance Preparation

A. Removing Non-combustible Facing Material Assembly . . 20 B. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 C. Installing Non-combustible Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8 Installing Vent Pipe

A. Assembly of Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 B. Disassembly of Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 C. Installing Heat Shield and Horizontal Termination Cap . . 25 D. Installing Roof Flashing and. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Vertical Termination Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

9 Gas Information

A. Fuel Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

B. Gas Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

10 Electrical Information

A. Recommendation for Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 B. Connecting to the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 C. Intelliﬁre Ignition System Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

11 Finishing

A. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

B. Facing Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

C. Finishing Materials Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

12 Appliance Setup

A. Remove Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

C. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

D. Ember Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

E. Positioning the Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

F. Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

G. Screen Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

H. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

13 Operating Instructions

A. Before Lighting Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 B. Lighting Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 C. After Appliance is Lit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 D. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

14 Troubleshooting

A. Intelliﬁre Ignition System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

15 Maintaining and Servicing Appliance

A. Maintenance Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

16 Reference Materials

A. Appliance Dimension Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

B. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

C. Service Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

D. Limited Lifetime Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

E. Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Heat & Glo • Escape-42DV • 2052-900 Rev. R • 10/08

ESCAPE-42DV specifications

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