1.Apply the stove ce- ment.
2.Line up the internal beads and rotate the pipe sections clock- wise until locked.
3.Lock the vent compo- nents into place.
4.Check the seal on the rope gasket.
1.Attach the First Vent Component to the Starting Collars
To attach the first vent component to the starting collars of the fireplace:
•Apply a 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) bead of stove cement around the 5 inch (127 mm) fireplace starting collar.
•Make sure that the fireplace rope gasket supplied with the fireplace seals between the first
•Lock the vent components into place by sliding the concentric pipe sections with four (4) equally spaced interior beads into the fireplace collar or previously installed component end with four (4) equally spaced indented sections.
•When the internal beads of each
•The first 90° elbow installed in the vent system of a rear venting fireplace MUST BE in a vertical position.
STARTING
COLLAR
STOVE
SEALANT
BEAD
FIRST VENT
COMPONENT
1 INCH (25.4mm)
Figure 16. Attaching the First Vent Component to the Starting Collars
!WARNING: A 3/8 INCH (9.5MM) BEAD OF STOVE CEMENT MUST BE PLACED AROUND THE 5 INCH (127MM) FIRE-
PLACE STARTING COLLAR BEFORE AT- TACHING THE FIRST VENT COMPO- NENT. FAILURE TO SEAL THIS JOINT MAY CAUSE THE FIREPLACE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY. SEE THE ABOVE DIAGRAM .
!WARNING: ENSURE THAT THE FIBER- GLASS ROPE GASKET SUPPLIED WITH THE FIREPLACE SEALS BETWEEN THE FIRST VENT COMPONENT & THE OUTER FIREPLACE WRAP.
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