Northline Express DURANGO TR008 Owner's Manual - Assembly Instructions

TR008 | 20120214.0 

 DURANGO™ 

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ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

tools

TOOLS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION

•   Pencil

•  6 foot Folding Rule or Tape Measure

•  Tin Snips

•  Drill: Hand or Electric

•  1/8” dia. Drill Bit (for sheet metal screws)

•  Screwdrivers (blade and Phillips type)

•  14mm Nut Driver or Ratchet with 14mm Socket

•  Safety Glasses

•  Gloves

materials

(NOTE: The following items are NOT included with your stove)

Flooring Protection: 29” x 48” as specified (see page 4)

Chimney Connection Pipe: 6” black steel (24 ga. min.) straight 

stove pipe or elbow (as required) 

1/2” Sheet Metal Screws

Chimney: Existing 6” Lined Masonry Chimney or 6” Inside Dia. 

Listed Type HT chimney.

Furnace Cement (manufacturer recommends Rutland Code 78 

or equivalent)

CAUTION: STOVE IS HEAVY. MAKE SURE YOU 

HAVE ADEQUATE HELP AND USE PROPER 

LIFTING TECHNIQUES WHENEVER MOVING 

STOVE.

NOTE: Reference numbers correlate to exploded view and 

parts list shown on pages 18 & 19.

1.  Uncrate the stove and remove cardboard packing 

and protective poly bag. Remove bottom heat shield 

(#16) from carton. (Save cardboard for further as-

sembly.)

NOTICE:  DO  NOT  remove  ceramic  blanket 

material from inside stove pipe opening (Fig. 1). 

This blanket provides an air seal on the side walls 

of the stove to direct combustion gasses over the 

secondary combustion tubes before exiting via the 

chimney. 

DO NOT REMOVE the ceramic blanket 

or your stove will not operate properly.

2.  Remove parts from inside stove. Parts include: 

Blower Assembly (#F-6), Legs (#5) and Hardware 

Pack (#08-HP) located inside firebox. 

 NOTE: 

Stove body is HEAVY. Make sure you have 

adequate help to lift stove body and use proper 

lifting techniques. Stove may be lightened during 

installation by removing fire brick. Replace firebrick 

before using. There are five different sizes of brick. 

Note the location of each while removing or refer 

to figure 6 for proper location inside firebox.

3.  Place flattened carton on floor to protect stove finish 

and lay stove onto it’s 

side.

4.  Remove the hex nuts (#28) from the leg mounting 

studs on the four corners of the bottom of the stove.

5.  Position the bottom heat shield, figure 2, aligning 

the corner holes with the four leg mounting studs. 

The smaller cutout must align with the air intake in 

NOTICE: Vogelzang International Corp. grants no warranty, stated or implied, for the installation or maintenance of  your wood 

stove and assumes no responsibility of any incidental or consequential damages.

Fig. 2 – LEG ASSEMBLY   

Bottom Heat Shield and Leg assembly

the bottom front of stove. 

NOTE: The stove MUST 

NOT be operated without the bottom heat shield 

in place.

6.  Align each leg with the mounting stud and slide into 

place. Replace the leg mounting hardware (hex nut, 

fig. 2) after installing the leg. After all four legs have 

been installed, tighten all mounting hardware.

7.  Return the stove to the upright position.

8.  Attach the back heat shield assembly (#2) to the 

rear of the stove. The closed end is positioned to 

the bottom of the stove with the open end up, fig. 3. 

Secure the back heat shield with four Phillips head 

machine screws using the threaded holes located 

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Figure 1 – DO NOT remove ceramic blanket from  

inside stove pipe opening. This is NOT packing  

material but an integral component of the stove 

combustion system.

DO NOT 

REMOVE!

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