Table Of Contents - Heatilator RAVE32-IFT-B Installation Manual

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Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Specific and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
F. Combustible Materials Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
H. California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
I. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 6
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Good Faith Wall Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Barrier Front Dimension Diagrams . 9
B. Appliance Location and Clearances to Combustibles . . . 14
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
C. Vent Terminal Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E. Use of Flex Vent (SLP-FLEX Series 6-5/8 Inch) . . . . . . . 25
F. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Vent Clearances and Vent Framing
A. Vent Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
B. Prepare For Heat Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D. Non-Combustible Material Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E. Auxiliary Hanging Bracket Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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7 Venting
A . Assemble Vent Sections (SLP Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
B. Non-Combustible Board and Drywall Installation . . . . . . . 60
C. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
D. Decorative Barrier Front Dimensions for Finishing. . . . . . 64
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C. Install the Glass Refractory (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D. Install LED Lights (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
E. Install Stones (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
F. Install Media Kit (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
G. IntelliFire Touch Control System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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H. Fixed Glass Assembly Removal and Replacement . . . . . 69
I. Install Decorative Barrier Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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