Table Of Contents - Heat & Glo SL-550TR-E Installation Manual

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• NOTICE: Used to address practices not related to personal injury.
Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Specifi c and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specifi cation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
F. Combustible Materials Specifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
H. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 6
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Front Dimension Diagrams . . . . . . . 8
B. Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
D. Elevated Hearth Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B. Chimney Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
F. Use of Flex Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
G. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 35
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Rear Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
B. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
C. Decorative Front Dimensions for Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . 53
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E. Lava Rock, Mineral Wool/Ember Placement . . . . . . . . . . 55
F. Install Trim and/or Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
G. Install the Log Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
 = Contains updated information.