Table Of Contents - Heat & Glo SL-5F Installation Manual

Safety Alert Key:
• DANGER! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided will result in death or serious injury.
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• CAUTION! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
• NOTICE: Used to address practices not related to personal injury.
Installation Standard Work Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Product Specific and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Glass Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
F. Combustible Materials Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
H. California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
I. Requirements for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . 5
2 Getting Started
A. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Good Faith Wall Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance/Decorative Front Dimension Diagram . . . . . . . . 8
B. Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
D. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
 A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B. Vent Terminal Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
E. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
F. Use of Flex Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
G. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation - Top or Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
B. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Heat & Glo • SL-5F, SL-7F Installation Manual • 2499-980 Rev. L • 10/19
7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections (DVP Pipe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Assemble Vent Sections (SLP Pipe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
C. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
D. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
E. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
F. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
G. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10 Finishing
A. Facing and Finishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
B. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
C. Install Decorative Front/Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
D. Install the Log Assembly and Lava Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
E. Install Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
F. Install Optional Trim Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
 = Contains updated information.