Installation Planning - Empire Heating Systems 3588-3 Installation And Service Manual

INSTALLATION PLANNING

Plan the furnace installation with three questions in mind:
1. Where is the heat most needed in the house?
2. Where should the furnace be so that it will vent properly?
3. Where should it be placed so that it is not in home traffic
areas or walkways?
Remember! Good Venting is essential to Good Heating.
VENTING
The installer must consider all of the following venting rules. They
will help plan where and how to install the furnace.
1. Flue pipe MUST always have an upward slope (1/4 inch per
foot minimum) (see 1).
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2. Flue pipe MUST NOT have any downward sloping sections,
dips or sags (see 2 and 3).
3. Flue pipe MUST be Type B (double wall insulated).
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Do not use Type C single wall flue pipe.
Uninsulated single-wall metal pipe shall not be used out-
doors in cold climates for venting gas utilization equip-
ment.
4. For flue pipe running through walls, roof and within one (1)
inch of combustible construction, use B-1 (one inch clearance
to combustibles) vent pipe (see 4). Any combustible mate-
rial that is within 6 inches of the vent connection or the draft
diverter must be shielded with a non-combustible material.
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5. Flue pipe MUST run as directly as possible and have as few
elbows as possible.
6. Flue pipe MUST be as large as the flue collar on the draft
diverter (see 5).
7. The flue pipe MUST be on the outside of the draft diverter
collar (see 6).
8. Each new piece of flue pipe that is connected when getting
farther away from the furnace MUST connect on the outside
of the previous one (see 6). Remember, the exhaust must
flow "into" the next pipe.
9. The flue pipe MUST NOT be connected to a chimney that
has a fireplace connected to it (see 3).
NOTE
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