2. PLACING
The flooring under the fire-place
Flooring made of combustible materials like carpet, parquet floor or cork shall be protected by a shield of non-
combustible material (e.g. ceramics-, stone-, glass-floor or metal) placed under the fire-place reaching 50 cm in
front of the furnace chamber and 30 cm besides.
2.4 Joint of the chimney
A T T E N T I O N!
Before jointing the fire-place to the chimney ask for the approval of the responsible chimney-sweeper.
Linking and jointing elements shall be attached to the equipment and to each other in a well-sealed
and durable way. The smoke tube cannot reach into the free cross-section of the chimney. The interconnecting
piece between the chimney and the fire-place shall be of the same cross-section size as the tube stub of the fire-
place. The tubes which are not heat-protected or are not led vertically shall not be longer than 1m.
Those horizontal tube jointing pieces which are longer than 50 cm shall be attached to the fireplace
with a rising of 10
o
.
There shall be a minimum distance of 40 cm between the jointing pieces of the fire-place and the
combustible materials. Provided that the interconnecting pieces have a non-combustible coating of minimum 2
cm, then the distance from combustible materials can be minimum 10 cm.
If the interconnecting pieces are led across equipment or furnishing made of combustible materials,
1.
they have to be covered with a protecting tube made of non-combustible material in a distance
of min. 20 cm, or
2.
they have to be coated with non-combustible material in an area of min. 20 cm.
Distances less than the above are allowed if it is secured that from the nominal performance of the fire-place
the temperature at the combustible equipment and furnishing is not more than 85
o
C.
A T T E N T I O N!
Attaching to a chimney is not allowed if the length of the chimney junction is less than 4 m (see the details of
chimney calculations on page no. 32).
To the chimney which the fire-place uses a maximum of two other fire-places can be jointed.
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