Table of Contents

1 Listing and Code Approvals

A. Appliance Certiﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B. BTU Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 D. Non-Combustible Materials Speciﬁcation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E. Combustible Materials Speciﬁcation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 F. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 G. 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

D. Inspect Firebox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Framing and Clearances

A. Selecting Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

B. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

C. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

D. Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 Termination Locations

A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

5 Vent Information and Diagrams

A. Vent Table Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

B. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

C. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

D. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6 Vent Clearances and Framing

A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. Wall Penetration Framing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C. Vertical Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

7 Appliance Preparation

A. Removing Non-combustible Facing Material Assembly . . 20  B. Installing the Optional Heat-Zone®Gas Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 20 C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 D. Installing Non-combustible Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . 22

8 Installing Vent Pipe

A. Assembly of Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 B. Disassembly of Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 C. Installing Heat Shield and Horizontal Termination Cap . . 26 D. Installing Roof Flashing and Vertical Termination Cap . . . 27

9 Gas Information

A. Fuel Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

B. Gas Pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

10 Electrical Information

A. Recommendation for Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 B. Connecting to the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 C. IntelliFire Ignition System Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 D. Optional Accessories Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 E. QWSK-MLT Wall Switch Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 F. Junction Box Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

11 Finishing

A. Mantel Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 B. Facing Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

12 Appliance Setup

A. Remove Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 C. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 D. Ember Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 E. Positioning the Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 F. Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 G. Burner Removal (Only for Servicing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 H. Grilles and Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 I. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

13 Operating Instructions

A. Before Lighting Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 B. Lighting Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 C. After Appliance is Lit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 D. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

14 Troubleshooting		
A. IntelliFire Ignition System	46

15 Maintaining and Servicing Appliance

A. Maintenance Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

16 Reference Materials

A. Appliance Dimension Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

B. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

C. Service Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

D. Limited Lifetime Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

E. Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

 = Contains updated information.

Quadra-Fire • Expression 36 (QV36A-FB) • 2062-900 Rev. S • 11/11

QV36A-FB specifications

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