Product Specifications; Locating Firebox; Air For Combustion And Ventilation - Desa HDFB32CA Safety Information And Installation Manual

pRODUCT
SpECIFICATIONS
3 / "
7
8
1 / "
1
4
19
3
6 / "
3
4
Figure 1 - Firebox Front View
6"
32 / "
3
16
Electrical Access Hole
Figure 2 - Firebox Side View
16 11 / "
16
19 / "
1
4
*Note: 14 / " is total firebox cavity depth including
1
4
brick liner. 13 / " is depth of flat floor including
1
4
brick liner.
Figure 3 - Firebox Top View
4
35 / "
1
16
1 / "
1
4
/ "
8
31 / "
3
4
Built-in Nailing Flanges
2 1 / "
4
12 1 / "
2
9 / "
3
4
4 / "
5
8
Gas Line Access
22 1 / "
2
31 5 / "
8
34 3 / "
8
35 / "
5
8
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LOCATINg FIREBOX

Plan where you will install the firebox. This will
save time and money later when you install
the firebox. Before installation, consider the
following:
1. Where the firebox will be located. Allow for
2 / "
3
4
wall and ceiling clearances (see Installa-
tion Clearances, page 7).
. Everything needed to complete installation.
3. This model CANNOT be installed in a
16 / "
1
4
bedroom or bathroom.
4. Proper air for combustion and ventilation
(see Air For Combustion and Ventilation).
2 / "
3
4
AIR FOR COMBUSTION
6 3 / "
8
AND VENTILATION
warninG: this firebox shall
not be installed in a confined
space or unusually tight construc-
tion unless provisions are provid-
ed for adequate combustion and
ventilation air. read the following
instructions to insure proper fresh
air for this and other fuel-burning
appliances in your home.
Today's homes are built more energy efficient
than ever. New materials, increased insulation
and new construction methods help reduce
heat loss in homes. Home owners weather
strip and caulk around windows and doors
2 / "
1 to keep the cold air out and the warm air in.
2
During heating months, home owners want
their homes as airtight as possible.
While it is good to make your home energy
efficient, your home needs to breathe. Fresh
air must enter your home. All fuel-burning ap-
pliances need fresh air for proper combustion
and ventilation.
Exhaust fans, fireboxes, clothes dryers and fuel
13 / " *
1
4
burning appliances draw air from the house to
14 / "
1
operate. You must provide adequate fresh air
4
for these appliances. This will insure proper
venting of vented fuel-burning appliances.
pRovIdING AdeQuAte
veNtIlAtIoN
The following are excerpts from National Fuel
Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, Section 5.3,

Air for Combustion and Ventilation.

All spaces in homes fall into one of the three
following ventilation classifications:
116533-01D