Air-ventilated fireplaces
DANGER
- Ensure sufficient supply air intake when operating with air-ventilated fireplaces. Observe the maximum permitted pressure difference of 4 Pa.
- Risk of death from carbon monoxide when operating with air-ventilated fireplaces. Fans may only be installed in rooms, apartments or housing units of a comparable size, in which air-ventilated fireplaces are installed:
• if parallel operation of air-ventilated fireplaces for liquid or gaseous fuels and the air-extracting equipment can be prevented via safety devices, or
• if the extraction of exhaust gas from the air-ventilated fireplaces is monitored by special safety devices. - In the case of air-ventilated fireplaces for liquid or gaseous fuels, the fireplace or the ventilation system must be switched off if the safety device is triggered.
- In the case of air-ventilated fireplaces for solid fuels, the fan must be switched off if the safety device is triggered.