Unpacking, Product features, Air for combustion and ventilation – Desa CF26NT User Manual

Page 4: Local codes

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UNPACKING

1.

Remove and fireplace from carton.

2.

Remove all protective packaging applied to fireplace for
shipment.

3.

Make sure your fireplace includes one hardware packet.

4.

Check fireplace for any shipping damage. If fireplace is dam-
aged, promptly inform dealer where you bought fireplace.

PRODUCT FEATURES

SAFETY PILOT

This fireplace has a pilot with an Oxygen Depletion Sensing (ODS)
safety shutoff system. The ODS/pilot is a required feature for vent-
free room fireplaces. The ODS/pilot shuts off the fireplace if there is
not enough fresh air.

PIEZO IGNITION SYSTEM

This fireplace has a piezo ignitor. This system requires no matches,
batteries, or other sources to light fireplace.

AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND
VENTILATION

Today’s homes are built more energy efficient than ever. New
materials, increased insulation, and new construction methods help
reduce heat loss in homes. Home owners weather strip and caulk
around windows and doors to keep the cold air out and the warm air
in. During heating months, home owners want their homes as airtight
as possible.

While it is good to make your home energy efficient, your home
needs to breathe. Fresh air must enter your home. All fuel-burning
appliances need fresh air for proper combustion and ventilation.

Exhaust fans, fireplaces, clothes dryers, and fuel burning appliances
draw air from the house to operate. You must provide adequate fresh
air for these appliances. This will insure proper venting of vented
fuel-burning appliances.

PROVIDING ADEQUATE VENTILATION

The following are excerpts from National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI
Z223.1/NFPA 54, Section 5.3, Air for Combustion and Ventilation.

All spaces in homes fall into one of the three following ventilation
classifications:

1.

Unusually Tight Construction

2.

Unconfined Space

3.

Confined Space

The information on pages 4 through 6 will help you classify your
space and provide adequate ventilation.

Unusually Tight Construction

The air that leaks around doors and windows may provide enough
fresh air for combustion and ventilation. However, in buildings of
unusually tight construction, you must provide additional fresh air.

Unusually tight construction is defined as construction
where:

a.

walls and ceilings exposed to the outside atmosphere
have a continuous water vapor retarder with a rating
of one perm (6x10

-11

kg per pa-sec-m

2

) or less with

openings gasketed or sealed

and

b. weather stripping has been added on openable win-

dows and doors

and

WARNING: This heater shall not be installed in a

confined space or unusually tight construction unless
provisions are provided for adequate combustion and
ventilation air. Read the following instructions to in-
sure proper fresh air for this and other fuel-burning
appliances in your home.

LOCAL CODES

Install and use fireplace with care. Follow all local codes. In the absence
of local codes, use the latest edition of The National Fuel Gas Code
ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54
*.

*Available from:

American National Standards Institute, Inc.

1430 Broadway

New York, NY 10018

National Fire Protection Association, Inc.

Batterymarch Park

Quincy, MA 02269

LOCAL CODES
UNPACKING
PRODUCT FEATURES
AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION

Providing Adequate Ventilation

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