Direct Vent Gas Fireplace Through Roof

Pretty much everything you ll need to know to install your gas fireplace properly.

Direct vent gas fireplace through roof.

35512095 napoleon roof terminal. Direct vent fireplaces are best for newer more air tight homes. The installation manual will provide you with approved manufacturers and vent diameters for various installation types through the roof out an exterior wall etc as well as specific venting components with part numbers for various applications. Direct vent fireplaces have a completely enclosed chamber that is extremely efficient drawing in air for combustion from the outside and expelling gases to the outside as well.

They feature a firebox sealed with tempered or ceramic glass and use a dual purpose vent that both vents exhaust to and pulls combustion air from the outdoors. Empire boulevard direct vent linear fireplace 48 natural gas with matte black liner. Direct vent gas fireplaces are unique because they can be vented through an exterior wall or through the roof. Whereas a traditional b vent gas fireplace must vent up a chimney and draws combustion air from the building envelope direct vent gas fireplaces pull their combustion air from the outside into a sealed firebox.

Dura vent type b gas vent system female adaptor 4 inch length. Direct vent fireplaces are a type of vented gas fireplace that does not use air from inside the home to operate. Napoleon roof terminal kits 8 12 to 12 12 pitch item. A direct vent gas fireplace does not require a chimney and can vent horizontally out a sidewall or vertically through a roof.

This manual will also have rules on vent lengths heights diameters etc. Dura vent 4 inch diameter type b gas vent pipe 6 inch length. Natural vent natural vent also referred to as b vent hearth products take in combustion air from inside the home and vent products of combustion outside home via a brick and mortar chimney or pipe venting system installed through the roof.