Majestic Fireplaces® SR/SC Series

Continue installing the pipe as required until pipe is installed up through the ceiling. At this point, you must install a firestop spacer.

Installing the Firestop Spacer

in the Ceiling Hole

A firestop spacer is used to keep pipe spaced properly and required for safety.

Nail the firestop spacer (at each corner) to the framing members of the ceiling hole. Note: A firestop spacer is not required at the roof.

Hole sizes listed in Figure 13 for angled firestop spacers provide minimum required air space to chim- ney pipe for ceiling thickness up to eight (8) inches. When combined thickness of ceiling material, ceiling joists and flooring material exceeds eight (8) inches, adjustments must be made in framing to assure that minimum air spaces to chimney are maintained.

PIPE SECTION

PIPE RIM

HEM

LANCE

PIPE

RIM

FP558

Fig. 16 Install pipe, listening for the snap-lock to fasten.

Proper Firestop Spacer Installation

SUPPORT

 

Figure 18 shows different installation procedures for

 

STRUCTURE

 

both an area that is an attic and an area that is not an

 

 

attic.

 

ELBOW

 

If the area above the ceiling is not an attic, position the

 

STRAP

CEILING

firestop spacer with the flange on the ceiling side and

(must be tight)

HOLE

the angled portion extending up into the hole.

 

FRAMING

If the area above the ceiling is an attic, position the

ELBOW STRAP

 

firestop spacer with the flange on the top of the framed

 

 

 

hole and the angled portion extending down into the

 

 

hole.

 

 

ANGLE

 

 

 

Firestop spacers are not available for nor are they

 

FIRESTOP

 

 

required on vertical walls.

 

 

CHIMNEY

DO NOT put any sealant around the area where the

 

SUPPORT

ANGLED STRAP

STRAP

outer pipe slides through the firestop spacer. If you

(must be tight)

 

seal this area, it may cause a fire hazard.

FP270/271

 

Fig. 17 Attach straps to a structural framing member.

Canadian Requirements

 

 

for Insulation Shield

 

 

In Canada, an attic

Attic Installation

Ceiling Installation

 

insulation shield is

 

 

 

required to prevent attic

 

NAILS (4)

 

insulation from contact-

 

 

 

 

JOIST

ing the chimney sec-

 

 

 

FIRESTOP

 

tion. Framing dimen-

 

 

 

SPACER

 

sions for the chimney

 

 

 

 

 

hole should measure

 

 

FIRESTOP

14¹⁄₂" x 14¹⁄₂". An attic

 

JOIST

SPACER

 

 

shield MUST be in-

 

 

 

 

 

stalled on top of attic

 

 

 

joists (above the floor

 

 

NAILS (4)

level). (Fig. 19)

 

 

 

 

FP593

 

 

 

 

Fig. 18 Installing firestop spacer.

 

 

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Vermont Casting SR42, SR36 Installing the Firestop Spacer Ceiling Hole, Proper Firestop Spacer Installation, Elbow Strap
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SR36, SR42, SC42, SC36 specifications

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