17
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.
B. Installing Vent Components
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 inner pipe fireplace starting collar.
•Make sure that the fireplace rope gasket supplied with the fireplace seals between the first
vent component and the outer fireplace wrap.
•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 outer pipe line up, rotate the pipe section clockwise about
•The first 90° elbow installed in the vent system of a rear venting fireplace MUST BE in a vertical posi- tion.
STARTING
COLLAR
STOVE
SEALANT
BEAD
FIRST | 3/8 INCH (9.5 mm) |
VENT |
|
COMPONENT |
|
1 INCH (25.4 mm)
Figure 15. Attaching the First Vent Component to the Starting Collars
WARNING
A 3/8 INCH (9.5 MM) BEAD OF STOVE CEMENT MUST BE PLACED AROUND THE INNER PIPE FIREPLACE STARTING COLLAR BEFORE ATTACHING THE FIRST VENT COMPONENT. FAILURE TO SEAL THIS JOINT MAY CAUSE THE FIREPLACE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY. SEE THE DIAGRAM .
