Direct Vent Sealed Combustion Type Fireplace

This technology ensures the highest air quality while improving performance so that you get the most out of your hearth product.

Direct vent sealed combustion type fireplace.

Good efficiency up to 70 85 of heat generated stays in the room. Chapter 4 is the mandatory measures for residential projects. These fireplaces will typically have a sealed pane of glass on the front of the fireplace. Direct vent appliances are non operable no doors and provide a sealed combustion chamber.

Direct vent fireplaces are a type of vented gas fireplace that does not use air from inside the home to operate. Direct venting options are available for gas fireplaces inserts and stoves. Chapter 5 is the mandatory measures for nonresidential projects. 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.

Direct vent refers to a sealed combustion system in which air for combustion is drawn from the outdoors and waste combustion gasses are exhausted to the outdoors. Using our direct vent technology all fumes and combustion exhaust created by our fireplaces and inserts are efficiently and effectively removed from your space. A two pipe venting system carries the appliances burnt combustion gases to the outside for combustion purposes. Direct vent is a term used to describe a specifically designed fireplace that performs differently from the traditionally vented fireplace which use a chimney.

One of the benefits of this type of design is that it must draw air necessary for combustion from the outside since the sealed combustion chamber does not allow air to be drawn in from around the fireplace. Gas fireplaces outfitted with direct vent technology are fueled either by natural gas or propane and burn very clean and efficiently. All direct vent units have a sealed combustion chamber with a glass partition. The fireplace we re using and the type we recommend is a direct vent fireplace.

The term used in calgreen is direct vent sealed combustion type this does not mean a gas fireplace equipped with power venting. Direct vent products are sealed combustion appliances that do not interact with the air in your home except to efficiently provide abundant heat. Direct vent hearth products are the safest option for supplemental heating. Most efficient vented fireplace type.

A direct vent fireplace is a prefabricated metal fireplace that employs a direct vent combustion system. This type of fireplace has a completely sealed combustion chamber which allows it to vent directly out a side wall of the home. Direct vent systems transfer the combustion fumes and pollutants outside the home via a chimney or an opening on the exterior of the home. Can be vented either horizontally or vertically these units can vent straight through an exterior wall.

Not only is this setup more efficient because you re not losing valuable heated air up the chimney it s safer too because it greatly reduces the possibility of dangerous carbon monoxide backing up into your home.