Woodstock Soapstone Fireside Franklin Installation Manual

Introduction:

Your Fireside Franklin gas stove is surprisingly

simple and inexpensive to install.  Direct vent pipe can be

installed virtually anywhere, through a wall or ceiling.

Whether you’re a do-it-yourselfer or hire an outside

installer, this guide will allow you to begin planning the

installation that best suits your needs.  There are always

exceptions, and should you need assistance or advice at

any time in the process, please call our expert and experi-

enced staff at (800) 866- 4344.

What You Can Do Before You Purchase

A Fireside Franklin Gas Stove 

You can, and should, figure out how and where

you are going to install your stove before it arrives.  Use

this guide to help determine where you will run the vent

pipe.  The termination cap is hot, so you will want to keep

it away from places where there is heavy traffic.  Clearance

requirements don’t allow the termination cap to be within

12 inches of a window that opens or ventilation air supply

inlets, for example.  Use this guide to determine whether

your intended location will work.

I. Choice of 6 Different Ways To Vent

The Fireside Franklin

The Fireside Franklin gas stove is approved for

venting in SIX (6) configurations.  See Gas Stove Brochure

PDF for illustrated examples of venting installations and

the parts required for each installation.

1. Straight up vertically through the roof with a maxi-

mum height of 24 feet.

2. Up and out, with a horizontal run of 4’ or less. The

maximum horizontal run is four feet in all cases.  You

must also ensure a 1/4 inch rise per foot of horizontal

run (1 inch of rise for 4 feet of run). If you have 4 feet

of horizontal run, the maximum allowable chimney

height is 20’

3. Straight back,

through an exterior

wall, and into a

“snorkel termination

cap.”  The “snorkel”

goes up the outside

of the building a total

of three feet, and pro-

vides draft.   

4. Into a masonry chim-

ney with an existing

single flue and a maxi-

mum height of 24 feet

and minimum inner flue diameter of 6”.

5. Into an existing fireplace with a maximum height of

24 feet and a minimum inner flue diameter of 6”.

6. Into an existing prefabricated metal chimney with a

maximum height of 24 feet and a minimum inner

diameter of 6”.

System Requirements:

A. The venting system must have two (2) feet of vertical

rise for every one (1) foot of horizontal run. 

B. The total length of the venting system must be calculat-

ed to plan your installation. Deduct 3 feet for each 90-

degree elbow and 1.5 feet for every 45-degree elbow

from the total amount of lineal travel allowed by an

installation (excluding the 90  or 45 attached as the

first piece of venting to the fireplace).  

II. Plan Stove Location and Clearances

The Fireside Franklin gas fireplace is designed to

have close clearances to the rear and sides of the appli-

ance.  To ensure your safety and proper functioning of the

fireplace, these clearances must be maintained.  Below are

the minimum clearances allowed:

4 Installing the Fireplace in the corner of a room, the rear

corners of the fireplace must sit a minimum of 2 inches

from the corner walls on both sides of the fireplace.

4 In installations other than a corner, the rear of the fire-

place must be a minimum of 10 inches from the wall

behind it and the sidewalls of the fireplace must be a

minimum of 8 inches from any adjacent walls.

(Clearance to the wall in an “up and out” installation

will be determined by the combined radii of the two

elbows, and will be approximately 12”.)

4 In the case of an alcove installation the minimum

height from the top of the stove to the ceiling is 56

inches (or 84 inches from floor to ceiling). 

4 Direct vent pipe for your fireplace must at no time be

any closer to a wall than 2 inches, or closer to a ceiling

than 6 inches.

4 Your Fireside Franklin must also be placed on a non-com-

bustible surface, such as ceramic tile, stone, brick, or metal.

The surface must be 24 inches by 30 inches (we recommend

a hearth of 36 inches by 36 inches) or greater to provide ade-

quate safety and protection to you and your home.

Preliminary Installation Guide

for the Fireside Franklin Gas Stove

How to calculate lineal footage:

For example, if you need to travel 4 feet

vertically and 2 feet horizontally to a ter-

mination cap, your lineal footage is 9 feet.

9’ is the sum of the following: 0’ (elbow at

stove) + 4’ (straight venting) + 3’ (elbow)

+ 2’ (straight venting) = 9’.

An outside "snorkel"

allows straight-back 

venting, with a 36" rise

outside of the  building.