Table Of Contents - Heat&Glo 6KX-CU Installation Manual

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Note: The term "recommend" or "recommended" does not indicate a requirement. It is a best practice suggested by
Hearth & Home Technologies
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 / TV Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Framing and Clearances
A. Appliance Weights and Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B. Decorative Barrier Front Dimension Diagrams. . . . . . . . . 12
C. Appliance Location and Clearances to Combustibles . . . 18
D. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Termination Location and Vent Information
A. Approved Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
C. Vent Terminal Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D. Use of Elbows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
E. Vent Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Vent Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
B. Wall Penetration Framing/Firestops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
C. Ceiling Firestop/Floor Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6 Appliance Preparation
A. Vent Collar Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B. Prepare For Heat Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
C. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D. Non-Combustible Material (Factory-Installed) . . . . . . . . . 51
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7 Venting
A. Assemble Vent Sections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
B. Assemble Slip Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C. Secure the Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
D. Disassemble Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
E. Vertical Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
F. Horizontal Termination Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8 Electrical Information
A. General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
B. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C. Service for Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
E. Air Shutter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
F. Service/Replace Appliance Gas Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
G. Replace Pilot Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10 Finishing
A. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B. Installing a Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
C. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
D. Hearth Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E. Decorative Barrier Front Dimensions for Finishing. . . . . . 69
11 Appliance Setup
A. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
B. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
C. Install the Brick Refractory or Black Glass Liner . . . . . . . 73
D. Install the Burner Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
E. Install the Illuminated Embers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
F. Install Burner Media/Embers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
G. Install the Log Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
H. IntelliFire Touch Control System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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I. Fixed Glass Assembly Removal and Replacement . . . . . 85
J. Install Decorative Barrier Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
12 Reference Materials
A. Approved Vent Components List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
B. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87