7 Installing Vent Pipe and Appliance

A. Venting Components

CAUTION

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Wear protective gloves and safety glasses during installation.

The vertical vent termination system installed on this model includes:

One 3-foot section stainless steel flexible pipe (included with insert).

One length of 3-inch flexible vent pipe for combustion air (included with vent kit).

Flexible vent pipe for exhaust air (included with vent kit).

One pipe-to-cap adaptor (included with vent kit).

One vertical termination cap (included with vent kit).

B. Connecting Vent Pipe

Reference instructions in the termination kit.

Install the 3-inch flexible vent pipe(s) down through the chimney.

Secure the exhaust flexible vent pipe to the 3 foot section stainless steel flexible vent pipe using the factory- installed 3-inch collar in the stainless steel section of pipe (see Figure 7.1).

Use 3 screws to attach either a 4 foot or 30 foot section of inlet air vent to the inlet collar on the collar slide plate (see Figure 7.1). NOTE: The collar slide plate may be removed from appliance to aid installation.

Seal opening between flex vent and chimney just above insert. Unfaced fiberglass insulation may be used for this purpose.

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Hearth and Home Technologies QVI-25FB-S Installing Vent Pipe and Appliance, Venting Components, Connecting Vent Pipe

QVI-25FB-S specifications

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