Installation manual
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ENCLOSING the FIREPLACE
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The Element4 replaces are called direct vent replaces and, as such, the intake and exhaust are both handled through the vent
pipe. The replace also provides convection air to your room. Figure 1 (below) shows one of the unique features of the Element4
replaces - its use of convection air ow.
Other replaces have louvered metal boxes around them to keep temperatures under control. The Element4 replaces use your
enclosing walls, or chase, to guide the convection air. This design, therefore, requires the use of non-combustible wall materials
and gives you beauty for your eort.
When the air within the chase is warmed by the replace it rises and exits through the Convection Air Outlet. This convection air
is replaced by room air which enters the chase through the Room Air Inlet. As the exiting convection air cools it falls to the oor
where it's drawn into the Inlet and the cycle repeats.
The replace itself provides the room air inlet as part of its design; you provide the convection air outlet as part of your design.
See the ENCLOSING the FIREPLACE section of this manual for more information.
Chase
Convection Air
Outlet (typical)
Convection Air
Room Air
Room Air Inlet
Figure 26
WARMTH AND BEAUTY HOW IT WORKS
Convection Air