7 Installing Vent Pipe and Appliance

A. Venting Components

CAUTION

Sharp Edges

Wear protective gloves and safety glasses during installation.

The vertical vent termination system installed on this model includes:

One length of 3-inch flexible vent pipe for combustion air (included with vent kit). Pipe will be either a 4-foot or 30-foot section depending on which kit is being used in the application.

Flexible vent pipe for exhaust air (included with vent kit).

One pipe-to-cap adaptor (included with vent kit).

One vertical termination cap (included with vent kit).

B. Connecting Vent Pipe

Reference instructions in the termination kit.

Install the 3-inch flexible vent pipe(s) down through the chimney.

Use three screws to secure the exhaust flexible vent pipe to the 3 foot section stainless steel flexible vent pipe using the factory-installed 3-inch collar in the stainless steel section of pipe (see Figure 7.1).

Use 3 screws to attach either a 4 foot or 30 foot section of inlet air vent to the inlet collar on the collar slide plate (see Figure 7.1). NOTE: The collar slide plate may be removed from appliance to aid installation.

Seal opening between flex vent and chimney just above insert. Non-combustible, unfaced fiberglass insulation may be used for this purpose.

TERMINATION

 

 

 

 

CAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INLET AIR STARTING COLLAR

 

EXHAUST

 

 

 

 

AIR

 

 

LOCKING TAB

 

VENT PIPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARTING COLLAR BRACKET

 

 

EXHAUST STARTING COLLAR

 

INLET AIR

 

 

 

 

VENT PIPE

 

 

 

 

INLET AIR STARTING COLLAR

 

 

 

STARTING COLLAR BRACKET

 

 

 

EXHAUST STARTING COLLAR

 

 

 

Figure 7.1

 

 

 

 

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Quadra-Fire QVI30S, QVI35S owner manual Installing Vent Pipe and Appliance, Venting Components, Connecting Vent Pipe

QVI35S, QVI30S specifications

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