Hearth and Home Technologies Hearth&Home Fireplace BV4236DBI User Manual
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Hearth & Home Technologies • BV4236DBI, BV4842DBI • 2209-900 Rev. N • 9/12
Safety Alert Key:
• DANGER! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided will result in death or serious injury.
• WARNING! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided could result in death or serious injury.
• CAUTION! Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
• NOTICE: Used to address practices not related to personal injury.
Table of Contents
A. Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
B. Limited Lifetime Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Listing and Code Approvals
A. Appliance Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
B. Glass Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. BTU Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
E. Non-Combustible Materials Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
F. Combustible Materials Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
G. Electrical Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
User Guide
2 Operating Instructions
A. Gas Fireplace Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
B. Your Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C. Fan Kit (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
D. Clear Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
E. Decorative Doors and Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
F. Fixed Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
G. Remote Controls, Wall Controls and Wall Switches . . . . . . 9
H. Outside Air (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I. IPI Battery Tray/Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
J. Control Module Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
K. Before Lighting Fireplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
L. Lighting Instructions (IPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
M. After Fireplace is Lit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
N. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Maintenance and Service
A. Maintenance Tasks-Homeowner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
B. Maintenance Tasks-Qualified Service Technician . . . . . . 14
C. Lava Rock Basket, Grate and Valve Assembly Removal . 15
D. Burner Identification/Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installer Guide
4 Getting Started
A. Typical Appliance System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B. Design and Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
C. Tools and Supplies Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
D. Inspect Appliance and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
E. Negative Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5 Framing and Clearances
A. Selecting Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
B. Constructing the Appliance Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
C. Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6 Termination Locations
A. Vent Termination Minimum Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7 Vent Information and Diagrams
A. Vent Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
B. Vent System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8 Vent Clearances and Framing
A. Pipe Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
B. Wall and Ceiling Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
C. Vertical Penetration Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9 Appliance Preparation
A. Installing Outside Air Kit Damper Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 26
B. Gas and Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
C. Installing the Non-combustible Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
D. Securing and Leveling the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
10 Installing Vent Pipe
A. Assembly of Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B. Attaching Vent to Firebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
C. Securing Vent Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
D. Install Attic Insulation Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
11 Gas Information
A. Fuel Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
B. Gas Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
C. Gas Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
D. High Altitude Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
12 Electrical Information
A. Wiring Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
B. IntelliFire Plus™ Ignition System Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
C. Optional Accessories Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
D. Electrical Service and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
E. Junction Box Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
F. Wall Switch Installation for Fan (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
G. Control Module Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
13 Finishing
A. Mantel and Wall Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
B. Facing Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
C. Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
14 Appliance Setup
A. Remove Glass Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
B. Remove the Shipping Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
C. Clean the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
D. Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37