Vermont Casting 3340, 3349 Venting System Assembly, Radiance Natural Vent Gas Heater, 20004409

Radiance Natural Vent Gas Heater

Venting System Assembly

Adjust the leg levelers as needed. They should not extend any further from the leg than necessary.

The venting collar is on the sheet metal draft hood/heat exchanger assembly, over the firebox. Use a B-vent adapter, from the same maker as the rest of the B-vent components, to join the first section of venting to the draft hood.

The RNVOD stove includes a vent safety switch. Operating this stove when not connected to a properly installed and maintained venting system, or tampering with or disconnecting the vent safety switch can result in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and possible death.

The stove includes a bracket for installing decorative 6 inch (150mm) round stove pipe around the B-vent, for appearance purposes only. The decorative pipe need not be concentric with the vent pipe.

If the installation includes decorative stove pipe around the venting system, make a cardboard template of the decorative pipe by tracing its circumference. Put this template in the flue recess in the stove top. Position the template to fit well against the front of the recess. (Fig. 22) Use this template to locate the bracket to hold the decorative pipe Depending on spacing, the bracket may fit inside the decorative pipe without interfering with the vent system. Fasten the bracket to the draft hood/heat exchanger assembly with a sheet metal screw.

	Sheet Metal
Template	Screws
	Bracket

do not need to be fastened at each joint, other than slip sections. The decorative pipe need not be fastened to the locating bracket on the stove. If the layout includes a slip section, this should be the last section of pipe visible in the room at the ceiling. Refer to Page 7, Figure 6, for details on joining the decorative pipe at the ceiling.

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Fig. 23 Attach the B-vent adapter to the flue.

B-vent Pipe
Decorative Pipe
7FSSK	Bracket

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Fig. 24 Install decorative pipe over the B-vent pipe.

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Fig. 20 Use a template to locate the bracket for decorative pipe to surround the B-vent pipe.

Insert the B-vent adapter into the flue collar and drill 1/8” (3mm) pilot holes through both the stove’s collar and the adapter. Attach the adapter to the flue collar with sheet metal screws. (Fig. 21)

Attach the first section of venting to the B-vent adapter. Depending on the length of the individual venting sections and the lengths of the decorative pipe, you may need to slip the decorative pipe over the venting sections before attaching upper sections to lower ones. The sections of decorative pipe should be oriented with their seams (if any) toward the wall; sections usually

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