Air-ventilated fireplaces

Danger to life: Risk of suffocation and poisoning from carbon monoxide when using room-air-dependent fireplaces.

• Ensure sufficient supply air intake when operating with room-air-dependent fireplaces. Observe the maximum permitted pressure difference per residential unit. This model always requires the approval of a regional master chimney sweep.
• Ventilation units may only be installed in rooms, flats or housing units of comparable size in which room-air-dependent fireplaces are installed:
  •if the simultaneous operation of room-air-dependent fireplaces for liquid or gaseous fuels and the air extraction system is prevented by safety devices or
  • if the extraction of exhaust gas from the room-air-dependent fireplace is monitored by special safety devices. In the case of room-air-dependent 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 room-air-dependent fireplaces for solid fuels, the ventilation system must be switched off if the safety device is triggered.