Lennox Hearth EST-48, EST-48-H CONGRATULATIONS, TABLE OF CONTENTS, GENERAL INFORMATION

CONGRATULATIONS!

In selecting this DAVE LENNOX Signature™ Collection wood burning fireplace, you have chosen the finest and most dependable fireplace to be found anywhere. A beautiful, prestigious, addition to the finest homes. Welcome to a Family of hundreds of thousands of satisfied LENNOX Fireplace Owners.

Please read and carefully follow all of the instructions found in this manual. Please pay special attention to the safety instructions provided in this manual. The Homeowner's Care and Operation Instructions included here will assure that you have many years of dependable and enjoyable service from your LENNOX product.

12. DO NOT use a fireplace insert or any other

product not specified by the manufacturer for

use with this fireplace.

13. If you are using your fireplace as a “deco-

rative appliance,” such as with a permanently

installed gas log set, the fireplace damper must

be permanently fixed in the open position.

Listed “vent-free” gas log sets may be used

with the damper closed.

14. Always ensure that an adequate supply of

replacement combustion air from the outside

of the house is accessible to the fire to support

TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Safety Precautions ................	page	2
General Information ...........................	page	2
Fuels ..................................................	page	3
Gas Logs ...........................................	page 3
Disposal of Ashes ..............................	page	3
Softwood vs Hardwood .....................	page 3
Starting a Fire ....................................	page	4
Damper Control .................................	page 4
Glass Door Operating Safety
Precautions and Instructions ...........	page	4
Combustion Air .................................	page 5
Refractories .......................................	page	6
Maintenance Guidelines .....................	page	6
Twice a Year Check-Up ......................	page 6
Creosote Formation and Removal ......	page 6
Troubleshooting ................................	page	6
Warranty ............................................	page 7
Product Reference Information .........	page	7
Replacement Parts ............................	page 7
Accessory Components .....................	page 7
Replacement Parts ............................	page 8

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT! READ AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOUR FIRST FIRE.

1.Use SOLID WOOD only for fuel. It is best to use dry and well seasoned hardwood. Soft woods tend to burn very quickly. Solid scrap construction lumber produces excessive sparks. DO NOT use treated wood, artificial wax based logs, charcoal, coal, trash, driftwood or woods that have been dipped in tar, pitch, pine tar, creosote, etc. Wood products made with syn- thetic binders, such as plywood, produce abnormally high temperatures and sputtering, smoking fires.

2.NEVER use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to start or “freshen up” a fire in this fireplace. Keep any flammable liquids a safe distance from the fireplace.

3.Keep the chimney damper open while any fire or smoldering embers are present .

4.Never block or restrict the room air intake grille across the bottom front or the warm air outlet grille across the top front of the fireplace.

5.Use care when selecting window treatments for windows located near the fireplace. Avoid using combustible flowing window treatments such as curtains on nearby windows that are of sufficient length to be blown in front of an open flame when the window is opened.

6.With the fire burning, close the protective mesh screens to keep sparks and embers IN- SIDE the firebox.

7.Keep any combustible furniture or decora- tive pillows at least 36" (914 mm) from the fireplace opening.

8.Never leave your fireplace unattended while it is burning.

9.Be careful adding wood fuel to the fire or handling fireplace tools such as shovels, tongs or pokers.

10.Never modify or alter your fireplace system in any way. To do so may create a potential fire hazard and void the Limited Warranty.

11.The bottom refractory can be cracked by excessive abuse such as tossing heavy logs onto the grate or gouging with fireplace tools. Exercise caution when adding wood to your fireplace.

normal combustion. Fireplaces consume large

volumes of air during the normal combustion

process. In the event the home is tightly sealed

with modern energy efficient features, the op-

tional combustion air kit may not provide all the

air required to support combustion. Neither the

manufacturer nor the seller are responsible for

any smoking or related problems that may

result from the lack of adequate combustion

air. It is the responsibility of the builder/con-

tractor to ensure that adequate combustion air

has been provided for the fireplace.

15. Neither the manufacturer nor the seller

warrants "smoke free" operation nor are they

responsible for inadequate system draft caused

by mechanical systems, general construction

conditions, inadequate chimney heights, ad-

verse wind conditions and/or unusual

environmental factors or conditions beyond

our control.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.The all-steel, multi-wall firebox is the heat center of the system. It is well insulated for safe clearance to combustibles.

2.The hearth floor and sidewalls of the firebox are lined with a brick pattern reinforced refrac- tory for the look of authenticity and to provide safety.

3.The metal chimney sections extending from the firebox top to beyond your roof are two walled and air-cooled. The inner passage, or flue, provides the exit for smoke and gases.

4.The flue damper is a two position (fully open or fully closed) mechanism operated by a handle found at the center top of the fireplace opening. It must be open when fire is present so smoke and gases can escape. It should be closed ONLY when the fire is completely out – keeping room air from being lost up the flue.