Vermont Casting Comprehensive Guide to Installing and Maintaining Your Encore Wood Burning Stove

Wall Stud

Chimney

Connector

D	T
EFIAN

12” Noncombustible

Material

Floor Pro- tection

ST493

Fig. 10 An approved wall pass-through for the United States.

Your local dealer or your local building inspector can provide details for other approved methods of passing a chimney connector through a combustible wall in your area. In Canada, this type of installation must conform to CAN/CSA-B365, Installation Code for Solid Fuel Burning Appliances and Equipment.

NOTE: Do not vent your Encore into a factory-built (zero-clearance) fireplace. These appliances and their chimneys are specifically designed as a unit for use as fireplaces. It may void the listing or be hazardous to adapt them for any other use.

18” (460mm) clear space all around the pipe

T

ST494

Fig. 11 An approved wall pass-through for Canada.

DO NOT CONNECT AN ENCORE TO ANY AIR DIS- TRIBUTION DUCT OR SYSTEM.

Encore Woodburning Stove

Floor Protection

A tremendous amount of heat radiates from the bottom plate of your stove. The floor area directly under and around the stove will require protection from radiant heat as well as from stray sparks or embers that may escape the firebox.

Heat protection is provided through the use of a Ver- mont Castings Bottom Heat Shield #0164. Spark and ember protection must be provided by a floor protector constructed with noncombustible material as specified.

Most installations will require the bottom heat shield be attached. Only when the stove is placed on a complete- ly noncombustible surface such as unpainted concrete over earth may it be used without the heat shield.

Even when the bottom heat shield is installed, you must provide special protection to the floor beneath. For installations with the heat shield attached, use a non- combustible floor protector such as 1/4” nonasbestos mineral board or equivalent, or 24 gauge sheet metal. The floor protector may be covered with a noncombus- tible decorative material if desired. Do not obstruct the space under the heater.

Protection requirements vary somewhat between the Untied States and Canada as follows:

U. S. installations the floor protector is required under the stove and must extend at least 16” (not including the ash lip) from the front of the stove (“F”, Fig. 12), and at least 6” from the sides and rear. (“D” and “E”, Fig.

12)It must also extend under the chimney connector and 2” to either side. (“C”, Fig. 12) For the 8” (203 mm) connector, the protector must be a minimum of 12”

(305 mm) wide. For the 6” (152 mm) connector, the protector must be 10” (254 mm) wide. The protector must be centered under the connector.

To meet these requirements, a floor protector must be at least 39” wide and 44” deep.

In Canada: A noncombustible floor protector is required under the stove as well. The floor protector must extend 18” (457 mm) to the front (“F”, Fig. 12), and 8” (203 mm) from the sides and rear. (“D” and “E”, Fig. 12)

To meet these requirements, a floor protector must be at least 43” (1092 mm) wide and 48” (1219 mm) deep.

Floor protection also must extend under the chimney connector and 2” (51 mm) to either side. (“C”, Fig. 12) For the 8” (203 mm) connector, the protector must be a minimum of 12” (305 mm) wide. For the 6” (152 mm) connector, it must be at least 10” (254 mm) wide. The protector must be centered under the connector.

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