Installing the Insert
Step 1. Installing the Vent System
Vent System Installation Precautions
Before starting installation of vent kits, the installer should read these instructions and the Vent Kit Instructions to ensure that a proper vent installation is completed.
Consult your local building codes before beginning the installation.
WARNING: THIS GAS INSERT AND VENT AS- ! SEMBLY MUST BE VENTED DIRECTLY TO THE OUTSIDE AND MUST NEVER BE ATTACHED TO A CHIMNEY SERVING A SEPARATE SOLID FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE. EACH GAS APPLIANCE MUST USE A SEPARATE VENT SYSTEM. COMMON VENT SYSTEMS ARE PROHIBITED.
Vent System Approvals
Models
Horizontal Venting
The vent system on this model CANNOT be terminated horizontally.
Vertical Venting
The vent pipes MUST be connected to the proper collars on the unit AND the exhaust vent pipe MUST be connected to the termination cap or the unit will not operate. The com- bustion air vent pipe CAN be connected to the termination cap (LINK
NOTE: The minimum vertical rise (exhaust vent) is 14 feet and the maximum vertical rise is 40 feet. These dimensions are measured from the starting collars of the unit to the end
of the last section of vent pipe. See dimension V in Figure 4.
A vertical vent termination system installed on this model will include one (1) length of
NOTE: The damper of the masonry chimney may need to be removed to allow installation of the
This fireplace has been altered to accommodate an insert and should be inspected by a qualified person prior to
NOTE: The above label, located in the instruction package, must be affixed to the existing fireplace prior to installation.
For zero clearance factory built woodburning fireplaces, the use of kit
Connecting the Vent Pipe
Install the 3” flexible vent pipe(s) down through the chimney. Secure the end of the flexible vent pipe for exhaust to the provided 3’ section of stainless steel flexible vent pipe. A 3” collar is factory installed on one end for mating the two ends of flexible pipe.
WARNING: THE 3’ SECTION OF STAINLESS ! STEEL FLEXIBLE PIPE MUST BE ATTACHED DI- RECTLY TO THE EXHAUST COLLAR OF THE UNIT.
Attach either 4’ or 30’ section of intake liner to the intake collar on the collar
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