Vantage Hearth VSGF36NRC Safety guide

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WARNING: If the information in this manual is not
followed exactly, a re or explosion may result causing
property damage, personal injury or loss of life.
— Do not store or use gasoline or other ammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
— WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any
phone in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s
phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the re
department.
— Installation and service must be performed by a quali-
ed installer, service agency or the gas supplier.
MODELS VSGF36NRC AND VSGF36PRC
UNVENTED (VENT-FREE) GAS FIREPLACE SYSTEM
OWNER’S OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL
INSTALLER: Leave this manual with the appliance.
CONSUMER: Retain this manual for future reference.
PFS
®
US
Hearth
by FMI PRODUCTS, LLC
TM
Vantage

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SAFETY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safety .................................................................. 2
Local Codes......................................................... 4
Product Identication........................................... 5
Unpacking............................................................ 5
Product Features................................................. 5
Locating Firebox.................................................. 6
Product Specications......................................... 6
Air For Combustion and Ventilation ..................... 7
Installation ........................................................... 9
Operation........................................................... 20
Inspecting Burners ............................................ 24
Cleaning and Maintenance................................ 25
Troubleshooting................................................. 26
Specications .................................................... 30
Technical Service............................................... 30
Service Hints ..................................................... 30
Wiring Diagram.................................................. 30
Replacement Parts............................................ 31
Accessories ....................................................... 31
Parts .................................................................. 32
Warranty ..............................................Back Cover
WARNING: Improper
installation, adjustment,
alteration, service or main-
tenance can cause injury
or property damage. Refer
to this manual for correct
installation and operation-
al procedures. For assis-
tance or additional infor-
mation consult a qualied
installer, service agency
or the gas supplier.
WARNING: This is an
unvented gas-red heat-
er. It uses air (oxygen)
from the room in which
it is installed. Provisions
for adequate combustion
and ventilation air must
be provided. Refer to Air
for Combustion and Ven-
tilation section on page 7
of this manual.
WARNING: For use only
with a listed decorative type
unvented room heater. Do
not build a wood re.
This firebox has been
tested and approved by
the PFS Corporation un-
der ANSI Z21.11.2 as a
decorative type unvented
room heater.
This appliance may be in-
stalled in an aftermarket*,
permanently located,
manufactured (mobile)
home, where not prohib-
ited by local codes.
This appliance is only for
use with the type of gas
indicated on the rating
plate. This appliance is
not convertible for use
with other gases.
*Aftermarket: Completion of sale, not for
purpose of resale, from the manufacturer

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WARNING: Do not allow fans
to blow directly into replace.
Avoid any drafts that alter burner
ame patterns. Ceiling fans can
create drafts that alter burner
ame patterns. Altered burner
patterns can cause sooting.
Due to high temperatures, the
appliance should be located out
of trafc and away from furniture
and draperies.
Do not place clothing or other
ammable material on or near
the appliance. Never place any
objects on heater.
Fireplace front and screen be-
come very hot when running re-
place. Keep children and adults
away from hot surfaces to avoid
burns or clothing ignition. Fire-
place will remain hot for a time
after shutdown. Allow surfaces
to cool before touching.
Carefully supervise young
children when they are in the
room with replace. When us-
ing optional hand-held remote
accessory, keep selector switch
in OFF position to prevent chil-
dren from turning on burners
with remote.
You must operate this replace
with the replace screen and
hood in place. Make sure re-
place screen and hood are in
place before running heater.
Keep appliance area clear and
free from combustible materials,
gasoline and other ammable
vapors and liquids.
SAFETY
Continued
WARNING: This product con-
tains and/or generates chemicals
known to the state of California
to cause cancer or birth defects
or other reproductive harm.
IMPORTANT: Read this owner’s
manual carefully and completely
before trying to assemble,
operate or service this heater.
Improper use of this heater can
cause serious injury or death
from burns, fire, explosion,
electrical shock and carbon
monoxide poisoning.
DANGER: Carbon monoxide
poisoning may lead to death!
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Early signs of
carbon monoxide poisoning resemble the u,
with headaches, dizziness or nausea. If you
have these signs, heater may not be working
properly. Get fresh air at once! Have heater
serviced. Some people are more affected by
carbon monoxide than others. These include
pregnant women, people with heart or lung
disease or anemia, those under the inuence
of alcohol and those at high altitudes.
Natural and Propane/LP Gas: Natural and
propane/LP gases are odorless. An odor-
making agent is added to gas. The odor
helps you detect a gas leak. However, the
odor added to the gas can fade. Gas may be
present even though no odor exists.
Make certain you read and understand all
warnings. Keep this manual for reference. It
is your guide to safe and proper operation of
this heater.
WARNING: Any change to
this heater or its controls can
be dangerous.
WARNING: Do not use a
blower insert, heat exchanger
insert or other accessory not ap-
proved for use with this heater.

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1. This appliance is only for use with type of
gas indicated on rating plate. This appliance
is not convertible for use with other gases.
2. Do not place propane/LP supply tank(s)
inside any structure. Locate propane/LP
supply tank(s) outdoors (propane/LP units
only).
3. If you smell gas
• shut off gas supply
• do not try to light any appliance
• do not touch any electrical switch; do not
use any phone in your building
• immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighbor’s phone. Follow gas supplier’s
instructions
• if you cannot reach your gas supplier,
call the re department
4. This replace shall not be installed in a
bedroom or bathroom.
5. Do not use this fireplace as a wood-
burning replace. Use only logs provided
with replace.
6. Do not add extra logs or ornaments such
as pine cones, vermiculite or rock wool.
Using these added items can cause soot-
ing. Do not add lava rock around base.
Rock and debris could fall into control
area of replace.
7. To prevent creation of soot, follow in-
structions in Cleaning and Maintenance,
page 25.
8. Before using furniture polish, wax, carpet
cleaner or similar products, turn heater off.
If heated, vapors from these products may
create a white powder residue within burner
box or on adjacent walls or furniture.
SAFETY
Continued
9. This replace needs fresh air ventilation to
run properly. This replace has an Oxygen
Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff
system. The ODS shuts down the re-
place if enough fresh air is not available.
See Air for Combustion and Ventilation,
page 7. If replace keeps shutting off, see
Troubleshooting, page 26.
10. Do not run replace
• where ammable liquids or vapors are
used or stored
• under dusty conditions
11. Do not use this replace to cook food or
burn paper or other objects.
12. Do not use replace if any part has been
exposed to or under water. Immediately
call a qualied service technician to in-
spect replace and to replace any part of
control system and any gas control which
has been under water.
13. Do not operate fireplace if any log is
broken. Do not operate replace if a log
is chipped (dime-sized or larger).
14. Turn fireplace off and let cool before
servicing. Only a qualied service person
should service and repair replace.
15. Operating replace above elevations of
4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
16. To prevent performance problems in
propane/LP units, do not use propane/LP
fuel tanks of less than 100 lbs. capacity
(propane/LP units only).
17. Provide adequate clearances around air
openings .
State of Massachusetts: The installa-
tion must be made by a licensed plumber
or gas fitter in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Sellers of unvented propane or natural
gas-red supplemental room heaters shall
provide to each purchaser a copy of 527
CMR 30 upon sale of the unit.
Vent-free gas products are prohibited for
bedroom and bathroom installation in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LOCAL CODES
Install and use replace with care. Follow all
local codes. In the absence of local codes,
use the latest edition of The National Fuel
Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54*.
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
Note: Where listed vented decorative logs are re-
quired, thermostat operation is not permitted.

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Remote
Control
PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
Figure 1 - Log Base Assembly
Log Set
Base
Assembly
Front
Burner
Rear
Burner Top Louver
Assembly
Fireplace
Hood
Bottom Louver Assembly
Screen
Assembly
Top Outer Casing
Figure 2 - Fireplace
UNPACKING
CAUTION: Do not remove
data plates attached to heater
base assembly. The data plates
contain important warranty and
safety information.
1. With utility knife, cut carton all the way
around above staples on bottom tray. Lift
carton off of heater. Remove packing.
Note: Hood is located on top of replace
in a carton.
2. Locate one screw above top left corner
of replace screen. Remove and discard
screw. Lift replace screen up and pull out
to remove.
3. Remove protective packaging applied to
logs, log base assembly and replace.
4. Check heater for any shipping damage. If
heater is damaged call FMI PRODUCTS,
LLC at 1-866-328-4537 for replacement
parts before returning to dealer.
PRODUCT FEATURES
OPERATION
This vent-free replace is clean burning. It re-
quires no outside venting. There is no heat loss
out a vent or up a chimney. Heat is generated
by both realistic ames and glowing embers.
When used without blower, replace requires
no electricity making it ideal for emergency
backup heat.
SAFETY DEVICE
This replace has a pilot with an Oxygen
Depletion Sensing (ODS) safety shutoff sys-
tem. ODS/pilot is a required feature for vent-
free room heaters. ODS/pilot system shuts off
replace if there is not enough fresh air.
IGNITION SYSTEM
This replace has an electronic ignitor to light
heater fuel supply.
REMOTE CONTROL
This replace is equipped with a thermostat
remote control. Remote can also be used
manually. Use this remote to control tempera-
ture and ame height.

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LOCATING FIREBOX
Figure 3 - Firebox Dimensions
Firebox Top View
Front View
Right Side View
Left Side View
PLANNING
Plan where you will install rebox. This will
save time and money later when you install
your rebox. Before installation, consider the
following:
1. Where rebox will be located. Allow for
wall and ceiling clearances (see Installa-
tion Clearances, page 10).
2. Everything needed to complete installation.
3. These models CANNOT be installed in
a bedroom unless maximum Btu rating
of installed vent-free log set is less than
10,000 Btu/hr.
4. Proper air for combustion and ventilation
(page 7).
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

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AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION
WARNING: This heater shall
not be installed in a room or
space unless the required vol-
ume of indoor combustion air
is provided by the method de-
scribed in the National Fuel Gas
Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, the
International Fuel Gas Code, or
applicable local codes. Read the
following instructions to insure
proper fresh air for this and
other fuel-burning appliances
in your home.
Today’s homes are built more energy efcient
than ever. New materials, increased insulation
and new construction methods help reduce
heat loss in homes. Home owners weather
strip and caulk around windows and doors to
keep cold air out and warm air in. During heat-
ing months, home owners want their homes
as airtight as possible.
While it is good to make your home energy
efcient, your home needs to breathe. Fresh
air must enter your home. All fuel-burning ap-
pliances need fresh air for proper combustion
and ventilation.
Exhaust fans, reboxes, clothes dryers and
fuel burning appliances draw air from house
to operate. You must provide adequate fresh
air for these appliances. This will insure proper
venting of vented fuel-burning appliances.
PROVIDING ADEQUATE
VENTILATION
The following are excerpts from National Fuel
Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, Air for
Combustion and Ventilation.
All spaces in homes fall into one of these three
following ventilation classications:
1. Unusually Tight Construction
2. Unconned Space
3. Conned Space
The information on pages 7 through 9 will help
you classify your space and provide adequate
ventilation.
Unusually Tight Construction
The air that leaks around doors and windows
may provide enough fresh air for combustion
and ventilation. However, in buildings of un-
usually tight construction, you must provide
additional fresh air.
Unusually tight construction is dened as
construction where:
a. walls and ceilings exposed to the out-
side atmosphere have a continuous
water vapor retarder with a rating of
one perm (6 x 10-11 kg per pa-sec-m2) or
less with openings gasketed or sealed
and
b. weather stripping has been added on
openable windows and doors and
c. caulking or sealants are applied to
areas such as joints around window
and door frames, between sole plates
and oors, between wall-ceiling joints,
between wall panels, at penetrations
for plumbing, electrical and gas lines
and at other openings.
If your home meets all of the three criteria
above, you must provide additional fresh
air. See Ventilation Air From Outdoors,
page 9.
If your home does not meet all of the three
criteria above, proceed to Determining
Fresh-Air Flow for Heater Location, page 8.
Conned and Unconned Space
The National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/
NFPA 54 denes a conned space as a space
whose volume is less than 50 cubic feet per
1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m3per kw) of the ag-
gregate input rating of all appliances installed
in that space and an unconned space as a
space whose volume is not less than 50 cubic
feet per 1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m3per kw)
of the aggregate input rating of all appliances
installed in that space. Rooms communicating
directly with the space in which the appliances
are installed*, through openings not furnished
with doors, are considered a part of the un-
conned space.
* Adjoining rooms are communicating only if
there are doorless passageways or ventilation
grills between them.

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AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION
Continued
DETERMINING FRESH-AIR FLOW
FOR HEATER LOCATION
Determining if You Have a Conned or
Unconned Space
Use this work sheet to determine if you have
a conned or unconned space.
Space: Includes the room in which you will
install heater plus any adjoining rooms with
doorless passageways or ventilation grills
between the rooms.
1. Determine the volume of the space (length
x width x height).
Length x Width x Height =__________cu. ft.
(volume of space)
Example: Space size 22 ft. (length) x 18 ft.
(width) x 8 ft. (ceiling height) = 3168 cu. ft.
(volume of space)
If additional ventilation to adjoining room
is supplied with grills or openings, add the
volume of these rooms to the total volume
of the space.
2. Multiply the space volume by 20 to determine
the maximum Btu/Hr the space can sup-
port.
________ (volume of space) x 20 = (Maxi-
mum Btu/Hr the space can support)
Example: 3168 cu. ft. (volume of space) x 20
= 63,360 (maximum Btu/Hr the space can
support)
3. Add the Btu/Hr of all fuel burning appliances
in the space.
Vent-free replace __________ Btu/Hr
Gas water heater* __________ Btu/Hr
Gas furnace __________ Btu/Hr
Vented gas heater __________ Btu/Hr
Gas replace logs __________ Btu/Hr
Other gas appliances*__________ + Btu/
Hr
Total = _________ Btu/Hr
* Do not include direct-vent gas appliances.
Direct-vent draws combustion air from the
outdoors and vents to the outdoors.
Example:
Gas water heater _________ Btu/Hr
Vent-free replace + ________ Btu/Hr
Total = ________ Btu/Hr
4. Compare the maximum Btu/Hr the space
can support with the actual amount of Btu/
Hr used.
_______ Btu/Hr (maximum the space can
support)
_______ Btu/Hr (actual amount of Btu/Hr
used)
Example: 63,360 Btu/Hr (maximum the
space can support)
79,000 Btu/Hr (actual amount of
Btu/Hr used)
The space in the above example is a conned
space because the actual Btu/Hr used is more
than the maximum Btu/Hr the space can sup-
port. You must provide additional fresh air. Your
options are as follows:
A. Rework worksheet, adding the space of an
adjoining room. If the extra space provides an
unconned space, remove door to adjoining
room or add ventilation grills between rooms.
See Ventilation Air From Inside Building,
page 9.
B. Vent room directly to the outdoors. See
Ventilation Air From Outdoors, page 9.
C. Install a lower Btu/Hr replace, if lower Btu/
Hr size makes room unconned.
If the actual Btu/Hr used is less than the
maximum Btu/Hr the space can support, the
space is an unconned space. You will need
no additional fresh air ventilation.
WARNING: If the area in which
the heater may be operated does
not meet the required volume for
indoor combustion air, combus-
tion and ventilation air shall be
provided by one of the methods
described in the National Fuel
Gas Code,ANSI Z223.1/NFPA54,
the International Fuel Gas Code,
or applicable local codes.
40,000
39,000
79,000

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VENTILATION AIR
Ventilation Air From Inside Building
This fresh air would come from an adjoining
unconned space. When ventilating to an
adjoining unconned space, you must provide
two permanent openings: one within 12" of
ceiling and one within 12" of oor on wall
connecting two spaces (see options 1 and
2, Figure 4). You can also remove door into
adjoining room (see option 3, Figure 3). Follow
the National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/
NFPA 54, Air for Combustion and Ventilation
for required size of ventilation grills or ducts.
AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION
Continued
Ventilation Air From Outdoors
Provide extra fresh air by using ventilation
grills or ducts. You must provide two perma-
nent openings: one within 12" of the ceiling
and one within 12" of the oor. Connect these
items directly to the outdoors or spaces open
to the outdoors. These spaces include attics
and crawl spaces. Follow the National Fuel
Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, Air for
Combustion and Ventilation for required size
of ventilation grills or ducts.
IMPORTANT: Do not provide openings for
inlet or outlet air into attic if attic has a thermo-
stat-controlled power vent. Heated air entering
the attic will activate the power vent.
Figure 5 - Ventilation Air from Outdoors
Figure 4 - Ventilation Air from Inside
Building
Or
Remove
Door into
Adjoining
Room,
Option
3
Ventilation Grills
Into Adjoining Room,
Option 2
Ventilation
Grills
Into
Adjoining
Room,
Option 1
12"
12"
Outlet
Air
Ventilated
Attic
Outlet
Air
Inlet
Air
Inlet Air Ventilated
Crawl Space
To
Crawl
Space
To Attic
INSTALLATION
NOTICE: This heater is intended
for use as supplemental heat.
Use this heater along with your
primary heating system. Do not
install this heater as your pri-
mary heat source. If you have a
central heating system, you may
run system’s circulating blower
while using heater. This will help
circulate the heat throughout the
house. In the event of a power
outage, you can use this heater
as your primary heat source.
WARNING: A qualied service
person must install replace.
Follow all local codes.
WARNING: Never install the
replace
• in a bedroom or bathroom
• in a recreational vehicle
• where curtains, furniture,
clothing or other ammable
objects are less than 36" from
the top and 42" from front of
heater. For side clearances see
Figure 6, page 10
• in high trafc areas
• in windy or drafty areas

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CAUTION: This replace cre-
ates warm air currents. These
currents move heat to wall sur-
faces next to replace. Installing
replace next to vinyl or cloth
wall coverings or operating
heater where impurities (such
as, but not limited, to tobacco
smoke, aromatic candles, clean-
ing uids, oil or kerosene lamps,
etc.) in the air exist, may discolor
walls or cause odors.
Note: Your replace is designed to be used in
zero clearance installations. Wall or framing ma-
terial can be placed directly against any exterior
surface on the rear, sides or top of your replace,
except where standoff spacers are integrally at-
tached. If standoff spacers are attached to your
replace, these spacers can be placed directly
against wall or framing materials.
Use dimensions shown for rough openings
to create easiest installation. See Built-In
Firebox Installation, page 11.
IMPORTANT: Vent-free heaters add moisture
to air. Although this is benecial, installing
replace in rooms without enough ventila-
tion air may cause mildew to form from too
much moisture. See Air for Combustion and
Ventilation, page 7.
IMPORTANT: Make sure replace is level.
If replace is not level, log set will not work
properly.
CHECK GAS TYPE
Use correct gas type (natural or propane/
LP) for your replace. If your gas supply
is not correct, do not install replace. Call
dealer where you bought replace for proper
type replace.
WARNING: This appliance is
equipped for either natural gas
or propane/LP gas but not both.
Gas type is indicated on the rat-
ing plate. Field conversion is not
permitted.
INSTALLATION
Continued
INSTALLATION CLEARANCES
WARNING: Maintain the
minimum clearances. If you can,
provide greater clearances from
oor, ceiling and adjoining wall.
Carefully follow the instructions below. This
will ensure safe installation.
Minimum Wall and Ceiling Clearances (see
Figure 6)
A. Clearances from the side of the replace
cabinet to any combustible material and
wall should follow diagram in Figure 6.
Example: The face of a mantel, bookshelf,
etc. is made of combustible material and
protrudes 3 1/2" from the wall. This com-
bustible material must be 4" from the side
of the replace cabinet (see Figure 6).
B. Clearances from top of rebox opening to
ceiling should not be less than 42".
C. When rebox is installed on carpeting or
other combustible material, other than
wood ooring, rebox should be installed
on a metal or wood panel extending full
width and depth of the enclosure.
D. Clearances from bottom of rebox to oor
is 0".
These reboxes can be installed as freestand-
ing units against a wall with approved, optional
cabinet mantels (see Accessories, page 31)
or as a built-in unit. Clearances are the same
for either installation method.
CAUTION: Do not install
the rebox directly on carpet
or vinyl.
*Minimum 16" from Side Wall
*
Example
Figure 6 - Minimum Clearance for
Combustible to Wall