Affi x these instructions near to the boiler/water heater. Instruct the building owner to retain the instructions for future use by a qualifi ed service technician, and to follow all guidelines in the User’ s Information Manual. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
Page 2 KN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VENT AND AIR PIPING The Hydrotherm KN boiler — Vent and air piping options Vent and air piping, general Pages 2, 3 and 4 are a brief overview of the options for vent and air piping confi gurations. Page 3 and 4 gives a summary and brief list of requirements for each of the vent/air confi guration options.
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KN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VENT AND AIR PIPING Page 3 The Hydrotherm KN boiler — Vent and air piping options 1 Vent piped through the roof (combustion air from the boiler room) KN-2 KN-4 Vent components Heat-Fab Vent components Heat-Fab...
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Page 4 KN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VENT AND AIR PIPING The Hydrotherm KN boiler — Vent and air piping options 4 Vent piped through a side wall (combustion air from the boiler room) KN-2 KN-4 Vent components Heat-Fab Vent components...
— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent following the guidelines in this manual.
❑ Install the vents so they are no closer than 12 inches on and support. Long extensions of vent pipe above the roof may require the use of guy supports as specifi ed in the vent pipe instructions. centers. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent and air piping following the guidelines in this manual.
Long extensions of vent pipe above the roof may require the use of for details on pitched roof applications. guy supports as specifi ed in the vent pipe instructions. ❑ See Figure 4 for additional minimum clearances. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
EZ-Seal air pipe installations. Th e air piping termination must be constructed using the stainless steel vent materials listed in Table 2 to ensure the confi guration is correct. DO NOT terminate the air piping with any other method. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
❑ Install multiple air pipes through the side wall following all ❑ Install the vents so they are no closer than 12 inches on centers. guidelines for single-air pipe installations. ❑ Install the terminations so they are no closer than 12 inches on centers. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent and air piping following the guidelines in this manual.
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❑ See Figure 9 for additional minimum clearances. Th e vent must always terminate at least 4 feet (1.2 m) above the air intake termination. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
❑ Provide a support every 3 feet for air pipe lengths greater than 5 feet horizontally. ❑ Provide a support on the horizontal piping within 6 inches of every upturned elbow to support the vertical run. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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❑ Install the terminations so they are no closer than 12 inches on centers. ❑ Provide minimum 5 feet between the center line of any vent termination and any air intake termination. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent and air piping following the guidelines in this manual.
❑ Follow applicable codes and the vent pipe instructions to install fi re stops, thimbles or other devices at all fl oor and wall penetrations. continued on next page ❑ Provide minimum 2 inches (51 mm) clearance to all combustible construction. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
❑ Install the vents so they are no closer than 12 inches If the pipe extends more than 3 feet, insulate the external portion of the pipe (305 mm) on centers. and fi tt ings with at least 1/2-inch closed-cell foam polyolefi n pipe insulation. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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(combustion air from the boiler room) (cont.) Figure 12 Termination minimum clearances Figure 13 Using external piping to raise the termination To convert to metric dimensions: meters = feet x 0.3 millimeters = inches x 25.4 P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent and air piping following the guidelines in this manual.
❑ Follow applicable codes and the vent pipe instructions to install fi re stops, thimbles or other devices at all fl oor and wall penetrations. continued on next page ❑ Provide minimum 2 inches (51 mm) clearance to all combustible construction. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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❑ See Figure 18 for relative placement of vent and air terminals of the pipe and fi tt ings with at least 1/2-inch closed-cell foam polyolefi n pipe insulation. Air pipes do not have to be insulated. to ensure suffi cient clearance. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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Minimum spacing between vent and air termination elbows (vents must also be placed to meet the minimum spacings shown in Figure 16) To convert to metric dimensions: meters = feet x 0.3 millimeters = inches x 25.4 P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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— Follow all applicable local codes when Code compliance installing the vent system. Where codes diff er from this manual, follow code requirements. Contact Hydrotherm if you have any questions regarding the installation. Terminate the vent and air piping following the guidelines in this manual.
❑ Follow applicable codes and the vent pipe instructions to install fi re stops, thimbles or other devices at all fl oor and wall penetrations. continued on next page ❑ Provide minimum 2 inches (51 mm) clearance to all combustible construction. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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❑ Install the terminations so they are no closer than 2 feet (0.6 m) on horizontal centers and 4 feet on vertical centers (Figure 22). ❑ All terminations must comply with minimum clearances shown in Figure 21. P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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Minimum spacing between terminations spacing between terminations) (terminations must also be placed to meet the minimum spacings shown in Figure 21) To convert to metric dimensions: meters = feet x 0.3 millimeters = inches x 25.4 P/N 42-9540 11/12 Copyright 2012 Hydrotherm...
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