Direct Vent Oil Furnace Installation

A changeover kit may be ordered for lp applications.

Direct vent oil furnace installation.

This is a complete install of an american standard furnace. An induced draft fan typically provides the draft required to exhaust the combustion products through a side wall. The vent cap installs on the outside wall of the home. Thermo pride is the premium brand in the furnace and central air conditioning market.

These products are sold directly to installing contractors and fuel dealers. Note in direct vent installations combustion air is tak en from outdoors and flue gases are discharged outdoors. Instructions must be kept with furnace for future reference. Direct vent oil fired warm air furnace all installations must meet all local provincial state and federal codes which may differ from this manual read and understand this manual before beginning installation.

The slp98dfv must be installed only as a direct vent gas central furnace. According to the international code council install type l vents a minimum of two feet higher than anything inside a 10 foot radius of the chimney. This costs around 2 000 in labor and additional costs for parts beyond the furnace itself. Direct venting systems eliminate the need for a chimney.

If this is a new furnace installation the technician needs to install the furnace create a vent install an oil line and install the oil tank. Single wall metal flue vents another type of venting system for an oil furnace is single wall metal flue vent pipes. The furnace is equipped for installation in natural gas applications only. This system normally requires an air flow proving switch to confirm that the required draft is present before combustion begins.

Direct venting uses a power ventilating blower or fan and in some models a heat exchanger plenum to cool outgoing gases passing through the building wall sidewall direct exhaust or roof or through an existing unused chimney through which a vent pipe is passed vertical direct exhaust.