Vermont Casting GPFMN manual Installation of GPF in Optional Villa Base, Installation Instructions

Vermont Castings Gas Patio Fire

Two optional bases are available for the Gas Patio Fire. The Villa and the Chalet are available from your Ver- mont Castings, Majestic Products dealer. You may also construct your own base from noncombustible materi- als (stone or brick) for use with the Gas Patio Fire. The Gas Patio Fire may be placed directly on a hard flat combustible surface (deck).

Installation of GPF in Optional Villa Base

The Villa Base is designed as a decorative enhance- ment for use with the Gas Patio Fire.

Tools required: 7/16”, 3/4” and 11/16” wrenches, phillips screwdriver.

Installation Instructions

1.Remove octagonal plate from shipping carton.

2.Remove base/Villa from shipping carton. Remove four (4) 1/4-20 fasteners, four (4) nuts and eight (8) washers that fasten the base to the Villa. Remove base. Remove two (2) 1/4-20 x 1/2” fasteners, two (2) wash- ers from cast valve panel. Set hardware aside. (Fig. 4)

Octagonal Plate

Base

Valve

Panel

Villa

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Fig. 4 Remove base/Villa from shipping container. Remove base from Villa.

3.Invert the base and locate the Villa on the base. Orient the Villa so the 3/4” diameter hole in the Villa’s valve panel is facing 90° from the fuel line opening in the base. Replace the fasteners, nuts and washers removed in step 1. Be sure to use washers under both the fastener heads and nuts. Tighten the fasteners tight, but do not overtighten. (Fig. 5)

4.Remove the four (4) sheet metals screws that hold the valve bracket to the leg support on the GPF and discard.

5.Disconnect the fuel supply line from the valve using a 3/4” wrench. Using both the 3/4” and 11/16” wrenches, remove the fuel supply line from the venturi (tube secured to the bottom of the burner). Assemble

the valve and bracket assembly to the villa using the 1/4-20 x 3/8” fasteners and washers removed in Step 2. Reconnect the fuel supply line to the valve and tighten. Feed the fuel line from the gas supply through the fuel line opening in the base. (Fig. 5) Place the octagonal

	Valve	Valve Bracket
	Panel
	Fuel Line
	Opening	KT261
Fig. 5	Secure Villa to base.

mounting plate on the Villa. (Fig. 6) Orient the plate with the long side of the rectangular opening parallel to the valve panel. Pass the fuel line through the rectangular opening and reconnect the fuel supply line to the venturi on the GPF and tighten using the 3/4” and 11/16” wrenches.

	GPF Burner
	Assembly
Octagonal
Plate
	KT262
Fig. 6	Set the octagonal plate on the Villa, then place the

GPF burner.

6.Seat the GPF burner assembly on the Villa. Pass the burner legs through the rectangular opening in the plate. (Fig. 7)

7.Continue with volcanic rock and log placement on page 7.

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