Vermont Casting GPFMP - Manual (Page 6)

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Vermont Castings Gas Patio Fire
Installation of GPF in Optional Villa Base
The Villa Base is designed as a decorative enhance-
ment for use with the Gas Patio Fire.
Tools required: 7/16”, 3/4” and 11/16” wrenches, phillips
screwdriver.
Installation Instructions
1. Remove octagonal plate from shipping carton.
2. Remove base/Villa from shipping carton. Remove
four (4) 1/4-20 fasteners, four (4) nuts and eight (8)
washers that fasten the base to the Villa. Remove base.
Remove two (2) 1/4-20 x 1/2” fasteners, two (2) wash-
ers from cast valve panel. Set hardware aside. (Fig. 4)
3. Invert the base and locate the Villa on the base.
Orient the Villa so the 3/4” diameter hole in the Villa’s
valve panel is facing 90
°
from the fuel line opening in
the base. Replace the fasteners, nuts and washers
removed in step 1. Be sure to use washers under both
the fastener heads and nuts. Tighten the fasteners
tight, but do not overtighten. (Fig. 5)
4. Remove the four (4) sheet metals screws that hold
the valve bracket to the leg support on the GPF and
discard.
5. Disconnect the fuel supply line from the valve using
a 3/4” wrench. Using both the 3/4” and 11/16”
wrenches, remove the fuel supply line from the venturi
(tube secured to the bottom of the burner). Assemble
Valve Bracket
Valve
Panel
Fuel Line
Opening
KT261
Fig. 5 Secure Villa to base.
mounting plate on the Villa. (Fig. 6) Orient the plate with
the long side of the rectangular opening parallel to the
valve panel. Pass the fuel line through the rectangular
opening and reconnect the fuel supply line to the
venturi on the GPF and tighten using the 3/4” and
11/16” wrenches.
GPF Burner
Assembly
Octagonal
Plate
KT262
Fig. 6 Set the octagonal plate on the Villa, then place the
GPF burner.
6. Seat the GPF burner assembly on the Villa. Pass
the burner legs through the rectangular opening in the
plate. (Fig. 7)
7. Continue with volcanic rock and log placement on
page 7.
Two optional bases are available for the Gas Patio Fire.
The Villa and the Chalet are available from your Ver-
mont Castings, Majestic Products dealer. You may also
construct your own base from noncombustible materi-
als (stone or brick) for use with the Gas Patio Fire. The
Gas Patio Fire may be placed directly on a hard flat
combustible surface (deck).
the valve and bracket assembly to the villa using the
1/4-20 x 3/8” fasteners and washers removed in Step 2.
Reconnect the fuel supply line to the valve and tighten.
Feed the fuel line from the gas supply through the fuel
line opening in the base. (Fig. 5) Place the octagonal
Octagonal Plate
Base
Valve
Panel
Villa
KT260
Fig. 4 Remove base/Villa from shipping container. Remove
base from Villa.