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Earthquake Restraints
In New Zealand, Standards require that the wood fire and floor protector be secured to prevent
shifting in the event of an earthquake.
On the hind most legs there are two tabs with 12mm diameter holes for seismic restraint
On a concrete floor installation your Hunter stove is secured by 2 x 10mmx60mm concrete
anchors
Hearth over timber floor installation your Hunter stove is secured by 2 x 10mm diameter coach
screws which are long enough to pass through the hearth and into the timber floor or 2 x 10mm
diameter bolts which are long enough to pass through the floor and all hearth materials and bolt
all together.
INSTALLATION OF BOILER MODELS
We strongly recommend that a knowledgeable, experienced and qualified plumbing and heating
engineer is responsible for the design and installation of the heating and hot water system. Hunter Stoves
Ltd cannot accept responsibility for any consequential loss, however caused, due to under or over
specification of the appliance in any installation.
Do Not – Under any circumstances connect the stove to a sealed (pressurised)
heating system or unvented hot water cylinder.
Do Not – Link the stove into a heating or hot water system with an existing boiler without the use of
suitable equipment such as a neutralizer. When fitting this type of system the neutralizer
manufacturer’s instructions must be followed.
Do – Fit an open cold feed and expansion cistern with separate cold feed and vent pipes. The
cold feed and vent pipes must be unvalved. The open vent pipe should have a diameter of
22mm and rise continuously from the boiler. It is common practice to form the vent pipe
from an extension of the primary flow (see diagram).
Do – Connect the stove to a double feed, indirect hot water cylinder via 28mm copper flow
and return pipework, rising continuously from the boiler to the cylinder. The cylinder and
heat leak radiator must be sited higher than the stove.
Semi pumped systems should be used on heating and hot water systems with gravity circulation to the
hot water cylinder and one unvalved 2 KW radiator to act as a heat leak when the central heating is
switched off.
All four tappings on wraparound boilers should be used for systems incorporating separate gravity and
pumped heating loops. Each flow and return should be taken from diagonally opposite sides of the
boiler.
If a common flow and return is used, these should also be taken from diagonally opposite sides of a
wraparound boiler, and plugs inserted into the sockets not used.