Installation Guide

Columbia Installation and Operation Manual

5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ............................... 22

5.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 22

5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 22

5.1.2 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 23

5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 24

5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 24

5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove ....................................................................... 25

5.2 Chimney and Chimney Connector Maintenance .................................................. 25

5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 25

5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 26

5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 26

PART B - INSTALLATION ............................................................. 27

6 Safety Information ................................................................... 27

6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 27

6.2 Regulations Covering Stove Installation ............................................................... 28

7 Clearances to Combustible Material ...................................... 28

7.1 Location of the certification label .......................................................................... 28

7.2 Clearances to Walls and Ceiling .......................................................................... 29

7.3 Floor protector ...................................................................................................... 32

7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely ..................................................... 32

7.4.1 Shield Construction Rules ................................................................................. 33

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 Factory-built Metal Chimneys in mobile homes ................................................. 37

8.2.3 Masonry Chimneys ........................................................................................... 37

8.3 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 38

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 .......................... 39

8.5 Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 39

8.5.1 Combustion Air Supply in Mobile Homes .......................................................... 40

8.5.2 Air Supply in Conventional Houses ................................................................... 40

8.6 Installing the Chimney Connector......................................................................... 40

8.6.1 Installation of Single Wall Chimney Connector ................................................. 41