Specifications

Pyropak Installation and Operation Manual
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4.4.6
Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 20
5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System .............................. 23
5.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 23
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 23
5.1.2 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 24
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 25
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 25
5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove ....................................................................... 26
5.2 Chimney and Chimney Connector Maintenance .................................................. 26
5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 26
5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 26
5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 27
PART B - INSTALLATION ............................................................. 28
6 Safety Information .................................................................. 28
6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 28
6.2 Regulations Covering Stove Installation ............................................................... 29
7 Clearances to Combustible Material ..................................... 30
7.1 Location of the certification label .......................................................................... 30
7.2 Clearances to Walls and Ceiling .......................................................................... 30
7.3 Floor protector ...................................................................................................... 33
7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely ..................................................... 34
7.4.1 Shield Construction Rules ................................................................................. 34
7.4.2 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages ...................................................... 35
8 The Venting System ............................................................... 36
8.1 General ................................................................................................................ 36
8.2 Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 36
8.2.1 Factory-built Metal Chimneys ............................................................................ 36
8.2.2 Masonry Chimneys ........................................................................................... 37
8.3 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 37
8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 38
8.4.1 Why inside chimneys are preferred ................................................................... 38
8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 38
8.5 Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 39
8.5.1 Air Supply in Conventional Houses ................................................................... 39