Drolet Escape 1800 Installation And Operation Manual page 4

Escape 1800 Insert Installation and Operation Manual
4.5 Fan Operation ...................................................................................................... 22
4.5.1 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ...................................................... 22
5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ...................................... 24
5.1 Insert Maintenance ............................................................................................... 24
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ........................................................................................ 24
5.1.2 Door adjustment ............................................................................................... 25
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket .............................................................................. 26
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass ................................................. 26
5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Insert ...................................................................... 27
5.2 Chimney and Chimney Liner Maintenance ........................................................... 27
5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary .............................................................. 27
5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? ................................................... 28
5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ...................................................................................... 28
PART B - INSTALLATION .................................................................. 29
6 Pre-Installation Masonry fireplace requirements ......................... 29
7 Safety Information ........................................................................... 31
7.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 31
7.2 Regulations Covering Insert Installation ............................................................... 32
8 Clearances to Combustible Material .............................................. 33
8.1 Location of the Certification Label ........................................................................ 33
8.2 The Masonry Fireplace Throat Damper ................................................................ 33
8.3 Compliance of a Combustible Mantel Shelf .......................................................... 34
8.4 Positioning the Unit .............................................................................................. 35
8.5 Minimum Masonry Opening, Clearances to Combustibles, and Floor Protector .. 40
9 The Venting System ......................................................................... 42
9.1 General ................................................................................................................ 42
9.2 Block-Off Plate ..................................................................................................... 42
9.3 Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 43
9.4 Liner installation ................................................................................................... 43
9.5 Chimney liner installation ..................................................................................... 44
9.5.1 If the chimney liner does align with the insert's flue outlet, you have two
options ............................................................................................................. 44
9.5.2 If the chimney liner does not align with the insert's flue outlet.......................... 45
9.6 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 46
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