Specifications

CW2500 Insert Installation and Operation Manual

5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ............................... 21

5.1 Insert Maintenance ............................................................................................... 21

5.1.1 Plated Finish Maintenance ................................................................................ 21

5.1.2 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 21

5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 22

5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 22

5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Insert ....................................................................... 23

5.2 Chimney and Chimney Liner Maintenance ........................................................... 23

5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 23

5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 23

5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 24

PART B - INSTALLATION ............................................................. 25

6 Pre-Installation Masonry fireplace requirements ................. 25

7 Safety Information ................................................................... 27

7.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 27

7.2 Regulations Covering Insert Installation ............................................................... 27

8 Clearances to Combustible Material ...................................... 28

8.1 Location of the Certification Label ........................................................................ 28

8.2 The Masonry Fireplace Throat Damper ................................................................ 28

8.3 Compliance of a Combustible Mantel Shelf .......................................................... 28

8.4 Positioning the Unit .............................................................................................. 29

8.5 Minimum Masonry Opening, Clearances to Combustibles, and Floor Protector .. 35

8.5.1 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely .................................................. 37

8.5.2 Shield construction rules ................................................................................... 37

8.5.3 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages With Regards To the Type of Shield

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9 The Venting System ................................................................ 45

9.1 General ................................................................................................................ 45

9.2 Block-Off Plate ..................................................................................................... 45

9.3 Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 46

9.4 Liner installation ................................................................................................... 46

9.5 Chimney liner installation ..................................................................................... 48

9.6 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 49

9.7 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 49

9.7.1 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 49