Installation Guide
10
INSTALLATION
NOTICE: This heater is intended for use as supplemental heat. Use this heater along with your
primary heating system. Do not install this heater as your primary heat source. If you have a
central heating system, you may run system’s circulating blower while using heater. This will
help circulate the heat throughout the house.
WARNING: A qualied technician must install heater. Follow all local codes.
WARNING: Never install the heater:
• in a bedroom or bathroom
• in a recreational vehicle
• where curtains, furniture, clothing, or other ammable objects are less than 42
in. from the front, top or sides of the heater.
• in high trafc areas
• in windy or drafty areas
CAUTION: This heater creates warm air currents. These currents move heat to wall surfaces next
to heater. Installing heater next to vinyl or cloth wall coverings or operating heater where impurities
(such as tobacco smoke, aromatic candles, cleaning uids, oil or kerosene lamps, etc.) in the air
exist, may cause walls to discolor.
IMPORTANT: Vent-free heaters add moisture to the air. Although this is benecial, installing heater in
rooms without enough ventilation air may cause mildew to form from too much moisture. See Air for
Combustion and Ventilation, pages 8 through 10.
CHECK GAS TYPE
Be sure your gas supply is right for your heater.
NOTICE: State or local codes may only allow operation of this appliance in a vented conguration.
Check your state or local codes.
WARNING: This appliance is designed for installation in only a solid-fuel burning masonry or
UL 127 factory-built replace or in a listed ventless rebox enclosure. Exception: DO NOT
install this appliance in a factory-built replace that includes instructions stating it has not been
tested or should not be used with unvented gas logs. s worksheet to determine if you have a
conned or unconned space.
WARNING: Solid-fuels shall not be burned in a replace in which an unvented room heater is
installed.
WARNING: Any outside air ducts and/or ash dumps in the replace shall be permanently
closed at time of appliance installation.
WARNING: Do not attempt to access or change the setting of the fuel selection means.
Access to and adjustment of the fuel selection means must only be a performed by a
qualied service person when connecting this appliance to a specied fuel supply at the
time of installation.
Change of the selector setting to other than the fuel type specied at the time of
installation could damage this appliance and render it inoperable.
The installer shall replace the access cover before completing the installation and
operating this appliance.
WARNING: Any glass doors shall be fully opened when the appliance is in operation.
WARNING: Before installing in a solid-fuel burning replace, the chimney ue and rebox
must be cleaned of soot, creosote, ashes and loose paint by a qualied chimney cleaner.
WARNING: Do not allow fans to blow directly into the replace. Avoid any drafts that alter
burner ame patterns.
WARNING: Do not use a blower insert, heat exchanger insert or other accessory not ap-
proved for use with this heater.