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

3 Framing and Clearances

A. Selecting Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

B. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

D. Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4 Termination Locations

A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

5 Vent Information and Diagrams

A. Vent Table Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

B. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

C. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

D. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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 D. Junction Box Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

11 Finishing

A. Facing Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 B. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

12 Appliance Setup

A. Remove Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

C. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

D. Positioning Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

E. Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

F. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

G. Reﬂective Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

13 Operating Instructions

A. Before Lighting Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 B. Lighting Instructions (IPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 C. After Appliance is Lit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 D. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

6 Vent Clearances and Framing

A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Wall Penetration Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 C. Vertical Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 D. Install Attic Insulation Shield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

14 Troubleshooting

A. Intelliﬁre Ignition System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

15 Maintaining and Servicing Appliance

A. Maintenance Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

7 Appliance Preparation

A. Top Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 B. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8 Installing Vent Pipe

A. Assemble Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 C. Secure the Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 E. Install Decorative Ceiling Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 F. Install Metal Roof Flashing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 G. Assemble and Install Storm Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 H. Install RF4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 I. Install Vertical Termination Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 J. Install Decorative Wall Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 K. Heat Shield Requirements for Horizontal Termination . . . 26 L. Install Horizontal Termination Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

16 Reference Materials

A. Appliance Dimension Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

B. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

C. Service Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

D. Limited Lifetime Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

E. Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Soho24B specifications

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