Valcourt Antoinette FP7 Installation And Operation Manual - page 10
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CHIMNEY INSTALLATION
1. Assemble the first chimney section with the adaptor (provided by the chimney manufacturer) using three
¾” (19 mm) screws.
2. Screw this assembly to the fireplace using four ¾” (19 mm) screws, taking care not to block the rotation of
the flue damper key.
3. Continue the installation as per the instructions in the chimney manufacturer’s manual. (Figures # 5, 6, 7,
8, 9)
4. Provide a 2” (51 mm) clearance between the chimney and any combustible material. To prevent
overheating, never obstruct this clearance nor fill it with insulation or any combustible material.
(Figure #12)
5. The chimney must rise at least 3’ (914 mm) over its juncture with the roof and exceed by at least 2’
(610 mm) any wall, roof or building located within a radius of 10’ (3 m). Any length of chimney exceeding
the roof by 5’ (1.5 m) or more, must be braced using tie rods or guy wires. (Figure #10)
6. To limit creosoting, it is strongly recommended that an empty enclosure space be left between the chimney
stack and the outer framing of the chimney. Make sure that at all points a minimum clearance of 2”
(51 mm) separates the chimney and any combustible materials.
NOTE: Since May 1997, whatever the type of fireplace or building, safety standards require that the fireplace
and the full length of the interior chimney up to the ceiling be enclosed. (Figure #12)
MASONRY CHIMNEY INSTALLATION
WARNING: Before starting installation, the masonry chimney must be inspected by a qualified sweep.
Installation with an 8 in. EXCEL chimney
Installing your fireplace with a masonry chimney still requires using EXCEL chimney from the top of
the fireplace to the wall where it will connect to a listed liner that will run up inside the masonry chimney.
The stainless steel liner should be fitted inside the clay liner all the way to the top of the masonry
chimney. It is not meant to replace the clay liner. You can use either the EXCEL liner or any other listed liner or
flexible liner to ULC-S635, ULC-S640 or UL777.
Special care is to be taken to make sure that you have a good solid connection between the EXCEL
chimney and the liner. A masonry adaptor (FO-FDM8) was designed specially for that purpose and is available
from your RSF dealer. It will attach to the liner with 3 stainless rivets (provided) and to the EXCEL chimney
with 3 screws (provided).
After mortaring in place, the connection between the EXCEL chimney and the liner should not be
visible in order to isolate the heat released through the liner from the fireplace enclosure.
You must install at least one 18” length of EXCEL chimney after the EXCEL chimney elbow. The
uppermost part of the excel chimney- where it enters the masonry chimney – must be a minimum of 12” from
the ceiling.
NOTE: If the ceiling is high enough, you can install one or more EXCEL chimney lengths directly on the
fireplace before the elbow.