Table Of Contents - Heatilator CNXT4236IFTH Installation Manual

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B. Vent Terminal Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E. Measuring Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
F. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B. Installing Optional Heat Management Systems . . . . . . . . 41
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D. Installing the Non-combustible Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Heatilator • CNXT4236IFT, CNXT4842IFT Installation Manual • 2515-980 Rev. R • 1/23
7 Venting and Chimneys
A. Assemble Vent Sections (DVP Pipe Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 43
B . Assemble Vent Sections (SLP Pipe Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
C. Assemble Slip Sections (DVP & SLP Pipe) . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
E. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
F. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
G. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
B. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C. Decorative Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
D. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
E. Ember Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
F. Place the Lava Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
G. Install the Log Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
H. IntelliFire Touch Control System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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I. Install Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
J. Install Decorative Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
12 Reference Materials
A. Vent Components Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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