Table Of Contents - HEAT GLO SL-3X Installation Manual

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Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Specifi c and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specifi cation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
F. Combustible Materials Specifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
H. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 5
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Good Faith Wall Surface/TV Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Front Dimension Diagrams . . . . . . . 8
B. Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D. Elevated Hearth Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B. Chimney Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
F. Use of Flex Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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G. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B. Installing the Optional Heat-Zone
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
D. Non-Combustible Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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® Gas Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heat & Glo • SL-3X, SL-5X, SL-7X, SL-9X Installation Manual • 2372-980 Rev. C • 8/16
7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
F. Burner Identifi cation/Verifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
B. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C. Decorative Front Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D. Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
E. Install Hearth Components, Teco-Sil, Glowing
Embers , Refractory and Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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F. LED's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
G. Install Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
H. Install Decorative Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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