Chimney Cap - Nordica Focolare 70 Piano Instructions For Installation, Use And Maintenance Manual

Cast iron fireplaces
It is forbidden to let plant piping or air feeding channels pass in the same flue. Moreover, it is forbidden to
create movable or fixed openings on the same for the connection of further other devices.
5.1.

CHIMNEY CAP

The draught of the flue depends also on the suitability of the chimney cap.
Therefore, if it is handicraft constructed, the output section must be more than twice as big as the internal
section of the flue.
Should it be necessary to exceed the ridge of the roof, the chimney cap must assure the discharge also in
case of windy weather (Figure 8).
(1) Industrial
(1) Comignolo industriale
cap with pre-fabricated
ad elementi prefabbricati,
elements – it allows an
consente un
excellent discharge of the
smaltimento dei fumi.
smokes.
The chimney cap must meet the following requirements:
•
have internal section equivalent to that of the stack.
•
have a useful output section twice as big as the flue internal one.
•
be manufactured in such a way as to prevent the penetration of rain, snow, and any other foreign
body in the flue.
•
be easily checkable, for any possible maintenance and cleaning operation.
50 cm
2 m
1
m
Instructions for installation, use and maintenance – EN – Rev.07
chimney
ottimo
10 m
(1) The chimney cap must not show hindrances within 10 m from
walls, pitches and trees. Otherwise raise it of at least 1 m over the
hindrance.
The chimney cap must exceed the ridge of the roof of at least 1 m
(2) Comignolo artigianale. La (2) Handicraft chimney cap.
The right output section must
giusta sezione di uscita deve
essere minimo 2 volte la sezione be at least twice as big as the
internal section of the flue
interna della canna fumaria,
ideale 2,5 volte. (ideal value: 2.5 times).
(1) In case of flues side by side, a chimney cap must be higher
than the other one of at least 50 cm in order to avoid pressure
transfers between the flues themselves
(3) Chimney cap for steel
(3) Comignolo per canna
flue with internal cone
fumaria in acciaio con cono
deflector of smokes.
interno deflettore dei fumi.
Figure 8
.
Figure 9
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Figure 10
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