Firestop Spacers - Desa (V)GM36 Installation Instructions Manual

Figure 6
*For systems with two elbow sets, the minimum height is 22 feet. The maximum height for any system is 50 feet.
Figure 7 CEILING SUPPORT PIPE
All pipe connections between the offset and return
must be secured with two screws, only on the outer
pipe, and shall not penetrate the inner stainless.
Figure 8 ELBOW OFFSET
*TYPICAL OFFSET TERMINATION
FIRESTOP SPACERS (FS-10, 1100EFS-10DM FOR
GM36)
Firestop spacers are required at each point where the chimney
penetrates a floor space. Their purpose is to establish and
maintain the required clearance between the chimney and the
combustible materials.
framed opening into a living space above, the firestop must be
placed onto the ceiling from below as shown in figure 9.
They also provide complete separation from one floor space to
another or attic space as required by most codes. When the
double wall pipe passes through a framed opening into an attic
space, the firestop must be placed into an attic floor as shown
in figure 10.
Figure 9
PENETRATING THE ROOF
Figure 10
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When the pipe passes through a
FIRESTOP SPACER
FIRESTOP SPACER
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