Specifications

HT-2000 Installation and Operation Manual

5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ............................... 23

5.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 23

5.1.1 Plated Finish Maintenance ................................................................................ 23

5.1.2 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 23

5.1.3 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 24

5.1.4 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 25

5.1.5 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 25

5.1.6 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? .................................................... 27

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 ...................................................................................................... 32

7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely ..................................................... 33

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 ............................................................................ 37

8.2.2 Masonry Chimneys ........................................................................................... 38

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

8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 39

8.4.1 Why inside chimneys are preferred ................................................................... 39

8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 40

8.5 Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 40

8.5.1 Air Supply in Conventional Houses ................................................................... 40