Table Of Contents - Heat & Glo 6KX-AU Installation Manual

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Hearth & Home Technologies
Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Specific and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. Gas Pressure Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
F. Combustible Materials Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Good Faith Wall Surface/TV Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance Weights and Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B. Decorative Barrier Front Dimension Diagrams. . . . . . . . . 11
C. Appliance Location and Clearances to Combustibles . . . 15
D. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C. Chimney Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
F. Power Vent Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
B. Prepare For Heat Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
D. Non-Combustible Material (Factory-Installed). . . . . . . . 48
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Heat & Glo • 6KX-AU Installation Manual • 2589-980 Rev. B • 5/23
7 Venting
A. Assemble Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
C. Service for Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C. Gas Service Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
E. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
F. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
G. Service/Replace Appliance Gas Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
B. Installing a Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
C. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
D. Hearth Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E. Decorative Barrier Front Dimensions for Finishing. . . . . . 64
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C. Install the Black Glass Refractory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
D. Install the Burner Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
E. Illuminated Embers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
F. Install Base Refractory and Burner Media/Embers . . . . . 73
G. Install the Log Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
H. Fixed Glass Assembly Removal and Replacement . . . . . 77
I. Install Decorative Barrier Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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