Installation; Installing The Fire; Flue System - Aarrow Becton MK 2 Operating & Installation Manual

INSTALLATION

INSTALLING THE FIRE

Your CORGI qualified gas engineer should install
the fire in accordance with the following
regulations and standards:-
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations
1998 (as amended).
The Building Regulations for England and Wales
2000 ref; Approved Document J 2002 edition
(issued by the DTLR).
The Building Standards (Scotland) (Consolidation)
Regulations.
BS5440 parts 1 and 2 1990, BS5871 And these
Installation Instructions.
Warning: Failure
regulations, requirements, or these instructions
will invalidate the guarantee and could have
hazardous consequences.
Please note that in tight recesses the gas supply
point may be inaccessible. Therefore it may be
necessary to connect the pipe for the gas supply to
the fire before installing the fire into its recess.

FLUE SYSTEM

The fire must be fitted to a flue in accordance with
BS5440 part 1. The fire must be connected to either
a class 1 or class 2 chimney, if this is not possible a
flue liner, kite marked to BS715, must be used.
For advice on flues and chimneys contact;
NACE (National Association of Chimney
Engineer): telephone 0800 0924019
www.nace.org.uk
or
NACS (National Association of Chimney
Sweeps): telephone 01785 811732
www.chimneyworks.co.uk
The Bunny requires a minimum flue system of
101mm diameter (4 inches).
The Becton 7 requires a minimum flue system of
127mm diameter (5 inches).
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to comply with
The minimum effective height of the chimney must
be 3 metres, it must be terminated with a suitable
chimney pot or cowl and the chimney or flue shall
be swept prior to installation unless the previous
appliance was a gas appliance and the chimney is
clean and unobstructed.
A Flue flow test to BS5540 pt1 should be carried
out.
A smoke test is recommended to show up any
defects in the chimney and the up draught of the
warm chimney should be between 0.05 and 6mb
(0.5mm to 6mm water gauge).
The Becton gas fire is designed so that the flue can
be fitted to either the top or the rear of the
the
appliance.
Fig 5a
Fit the flue spigot and blanking plate for either top
or rear flue outlet in accordance with figure 5a or
5b (above).
Lock the spigot in place by rotating anti-clockwise
and tighten by tapping gently with a block of wood
and mallet. Fit the blanking plate to the unused
opening in the same way. The units are sealed by
the attached gaskets.
Becton Bunny & Becton 7 MK2 Gas stoves
Fig 5b