Valor Fires 963 Installer And Owner Manual

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4.10 Installation options.In the United Kingdom, as supplied, the appliance can be installed in the followingsituations: -4.10.1 Conventional fireplace and hearth.To a fireplace complete with hearth as shown in figure 6. Chair brick removal may notbe required providing at least 50mm clearance is available from the flue outlet to anyfireplace component.4.10.1.1 ‘Hole-in-the-wall’ Installations. It is recommended that a hearth should be installed as in section 4.8 (See figure 6). If a reduced depth hearth is fitted, the fire must be installed so that the distancefrom the base of the fireplace opening in the wall to the finished floor level is at least72mm. Where there is no floor covering or carpet and the floor is of a type that islikely to be covered in such a way then the distance from the base of the fireplaceopening in the wall to the finished floor level should be increased to at least 147mm.If the lower part of the fascia (the firefront) is free standing, the recommendedreduced hearth depth is 100mm. This is necessary to support the firefront (See figure5 for appliance dimensions). To protect from the risk of burns and ignition of clothing a tactile separator shall beused. The hearth detailed in section 4.8 meets the requirements for a tactileseparator. If this is not used then a 590mm long fender, kerb, horizontal bar, or otherbarrier, being fixed not less than 50mm above floor level and positioned 300mm infront of the fixing plane of the fire will meet the requirement.Page 16© Baxi Heating U.K. Limited 2010.INSTALLER GUIDEFigure 6. Hearth and fireplace opening dimensions