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Escape 1400 Insert Installation and Operation Manual
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Maintaining Your Wood Heating System .......................... 22
5.1
Insert Maintenance ............................................................................................... 22
5.1.1
Plated Finish Maintenance ................................................................................ 22
5.1.2
Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 22
5.1.3
Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 23
5.1.4
Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 24
5.1.5
Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 24
5.1.6
Cleaning and Painting the Insert ....................................................................... 25
5.2
Chimney and Chimney Liner Maintenance ........................................................... 25
5.2.1
Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 25
5.2.2
How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 25
5.2.3
Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 26
PART B - INSTALLATION ............................................................. 27
6
Pre-Installation Masonry Fireplace Requirements ........... 27
7
Safety Information ............................................................... 28
7.1
Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 28
7.2
Regulations Covering Insert Installation ............................................................... 29
8
Clearances to Combustible Material ................................. 30
8.1
Location of the Certification Label ........................................................................ 30
8.2
The Masonry Fireplace Throat Damper ................................................................ 30
8.3
Compliance of a Combustible Mantel Shelf .......................................................... 31
8.4
Positioning the Unit .............................................................................................. 32
8.5
9
The Venting System ............................................................ 39
9.1
General ................................................................................................................ 39
9.2
Block-Off Plate ..................................................................................................... 39
9.3
Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 40
9.4
Liner installation ................................................................................................... 40
9.5
Chimney liner installation ..................................................................................... 41
9.5.1
If the chimney liner does align with the insert's flue outlet ................................. 41
9.5.2
If the chimney liner does not align with the insert's flue outlet ........................... 42
9.6
Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 43
9.7
The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 43
9.7.1
Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 43
9.8
Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 44
9.8.1
Air Supply in Conventional Houses ................................................................... 44
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