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Important: "Combustibles" are defined as "normal construction materials" and considered to be: wood framing
materials, particle board, mill board, plywood paneling, plywood subflooring and wood flooring.
The FR 14000 Series fireplaces are listed for installation with "clearance to combustibles" (shown at Figure 1, below)
as follows:
A: Zero inch (0") clearance to the combustible floor;
B: One inch (1") clearance at the FireRock firebox and smoke chamber sides and front ;
C: One inch (1") clearance at the FireRock firebox and smoke chamber back wall ;
D: One inch (1") minimum air space to combustibles at all B-Vent double wall chimney components' outer layer.
CAUTION: Maintain three inches (3") clearance to insulation and vapor barriers from all firebox, smoke dome and B-
Vent flue components' outer layer.
Note(s):
1. The FR 14000 is designed, tested and approved for installation directly on a combustible floor system per the
installation specifications given in this manual.
2. All FR 14000 installations will result in the minimum finished fire brick floor of the firebox being at least four and
one half inches (4-1/2") above the combustible floor system. The FR 14000 is not to be recessed into the combustible
floor system.
3. The combustible floor in front of the fireplace must be covered with a noncombustible hearth extension material set
tight against the fireplace front and extending at least twenty inches (20") out from the finished front of the fireplace
and at least twelve inches (12") beyond the finished sides of the fireplace opening (See page 28).
WARNING: Combustible objects placed in front of the fireplace must be kept to a minimum of forty eight inches (48")
clearance to the fireplace opening.
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REQUIRED CLEARANCES TO COMBUSTIBLES
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