Positioning

• Open-flued or flueless appliances MUST NEVER be installed in bathrooms or shower rooms
• Open-flued or flueless appliances over 12.7kW net MUST NOT be fitted in a room used for sleeping
  • except those less 12.7kW net with ASD since January 1996
• Gas fires and stoves:
  • Min 225mm height to the burner from the carpet for wall mounted
  • Min 300mm height to the burner from the carpet for floor mounted
  • Hearth:
    • Non combustible material
    • Min thickness of 12mm
    • Min 300mm extend from the back plane
    • Min 150mm extend from the side of the burner
    • Min 500mm from the side wall to the burner
• Wall heaters
  • Min 150mm from the side wall to the warm air outlet

Flue and Ventilation

• Flueless appliances
  • Catalytic flueless heater can be fitted anywhere within the property
• Cooler plate is required when a fire is installed onto a pre-cast flue
• Thoroughly sweep a chimney if it was used for a solid fuel appliance befor installation a gas appliance

Closure Plate

• designed for specific fires
• sealed to the fireplace with heat proof tape (up to 100°C)
• includes a 'relief opening'
• the flue service only one room

Gas Supply

• Can be taken from 'restricted elbow'
  
• 8mm tube from the restrictor to the inlet of the fire (union type joint)
• Make sure there is a gas tap for shutting of the appliances
• Any gas pipe must be suitably protected by coating or wrapping if it buried in a structure

Hearth

• project at least 300mm in front
• project at least 150mm beyond each side
• project at least 300mm from all sides for free standing appliance
• MIN hearth thickness - 12mm
  • MAX 80°C - underside