England's Stove Works 55TRPAH Manual

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FLOORPROTECTION

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 Thispelletstoverequiresanon‐combustiblefloorprotectorifthestoveistobeinstalledon

acombustiblefloor.Ifthefloorthestoveistobeinstalledonisalreadynon‐combustible

(i.e.aconcretefloorinabasement)andhasanRvalueequaltoor

higherthan.2,nofloor

protectionisneeded(althoughadecorativefloorprotectorcanstillbeusedforaesthetic

reasons).

 PrefabricatedfloorprotectorswhichareULlistedorequivalentcanbepurchasedorafloor

protectorcanbebuiltfromstandardmaterials;twosheetsof.5”thickcementboard

covered

withceramictilewouldbeasuitablefloorprotectorwhichmeetsthe.2R‐value

requirement.

 Whenusinganyfloorprotector,considerthatthisstoveisnotonlyheavybutwillinduce

heatingandcoolingcyclesonthefloorprotectorwhichcandamagetileandloosenmortar

andgroutjoints.AhearthrugisNOTanapprovedsubstituteforaproperhearthpad.

 FortheUS:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast6in.(152.4mm)fromthefront&sides

and4in.(101.6mm)fromtherear.

 ForCanada:Thefloorprotectormustextendatleast18.0in.(457.2mm)fromthefrontof

theunit,8.0in.(203.2mm)fromthesidesoftheunitand4.0in.(101.6mm)fromtherear.

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 InCanada,itisrequiredthatthenon‐combustiblefloorprotectorisunderneathand

extends2in.(50.8mm.)oneithersideofanyhorizontalventingrunsAND/ORisdirectly

underneathanyverticalventingpipe.

US:6.0in.

Canada:

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US:6.0in.

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US:4.0in.

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