CLASSIC-LINE
ECO-LINE Installation Guide
9
General points
Location
Open hearth fireplaces must not be installed:
- in stairways, except in residential buildings with no more than two apart-
ments
- in shared corridors
- in rooms where inflammable or explosive products are used, stored or
manufactured
- in rooms or apartments where air is removed on a continuous basis by a
fan system. This requirement does not apply to rooms where air is re-
moved by ventilation systems fitted with safety appliances which safely
prevent the formation of a depression in the room in which the fireplace is
installed or which do not allow the formation of a depression under 0.04
mbar. These requirements do not apply to rooms fitted with ventilation
systems for the installation of heating systems sealed against ambient air.
Combustion air intake
Open hearth fireplaces can be installed in rooms which do not have external
combustion air intake flues, provided:
- they have at least one door opening to the outside, or a window that can
be opened, or they are directly or indirectly connected to other rooms
which can provide combustion air intake. If the fireplace is installed in an
apartment or similar, the combustion air intake must be connected only to
the room in question or to those rooms belonging to the apartment. Fire-
places can only be installed in the afore mentioned locations if they have
a combustion air intake of at least 360 m³ per hour per m² of hearth open-
ing. These requirements do not apply to fireplaces that can be operated
independently or separately from ambient air.
Open-hearth fireplaces can be installed in rooms with direct external combustion
air intake, provided:
- An external air flue corresponding to the fireplace insert is connected to
the exterior from the room in question. The flue must be fitted with an
hermetically-closing regulator in the room in which the fireplace is in-
stalled. The regulator position must be clearly visible.
- External air flues are manufactured and installed in conformity with na-
tional construction regulations, so that in apartment buildings of more
than two floors, they fit over the firewalls so as to prevent the spread of
fire or smoke to other floors or rooms.
