Valcourt Lafayette IIS High Efficiency Wood Burning Fireplace

• Included in the box: 176 CFM blower with AUTO / MAN switch and speed knob; Moulded refractory panels and cast-iron andiron; C-Cast baffle and stainless steel secondary air tubes; Single door with 5/32" ceramic glass, 25-3/8" x 10-1/2" opening; 4" fresh-air adapter, intake plate and screws; Top and rear standoffs; UL 127 / ULC S610 listed, EPA 2020 certified; Limited lifetime warranty.
• Required to complete the installation, purchased separately: Venting - an 6" listed factory-built chimney from the approved list (see pg 49 in the installation manual) or a lined masonry chimney; Floor Protection - a non-combustible surface 16" deep and 41-1/2" wide in front of the opening, R 1.00 when the fireplace sits on the floor or a base of 4" or less, with a 2" folded metal strip at the joint; Electrical - a qualified electrician connects the included blower at the left-side inlet; Faceplate - the faceplate that closes the front of the enclosure (choose above); a faceplate must be installed, and it does not ship with the fireplace; Faceplate Louver - the decorative louver that mounts to the faceplate, in Classic, Arabesque, Urban, Mission or Crown style (choose above); Door Overlay - the black or brushed nickel overlay that finishes the door frame (choose above); the fireplace ships without one.
• Optional: A fresh air intake (register, collars and 4" insulated duct), a gravity or forced-air heat distribution kit, the fire screen, the shelf heat shield and carrying handles — the fireplace burns wood fully without any of them.

A 6" factory-built chimney listed to CAN/ULC S629 / UL 103 HT, from the brands Valcourt lists in Table 4 of the manual — Ventis, Nexvent, Champion, Rockford, Selkirk, Security, DuraVent, Metal Fab and American Metal, in 1" or 2" solid pack or AC triple wall — starting with a 6" anchor plate on the fireplace. The system runs at least 15 ft from the base of the fireplace to the cap, 17 ft when it uses four elbows, with 18" straight before the first offset, 2" clearance to combustibles all the way, and a termination 3 ft above the roof and 2 ft above anything within 10 ft. Some brands need a ventilated flashing or an attic radiation shield (Table 5).

Valcourt rates the Lafayette IIS for 750 to 2,200 sq ft, with 80,000 BTU/hr maximum from dry cordwood and a rated range of 12,700 to 60,700 BTU/hr, and a load of 16" logs burning up to 8 hours. That figure assumes zone heating — the room it sits in and the spaces that connect to it — and moves with your chimney, climate and insulation. A gravity kit on top or the forced-air kit on the side carries heat to a room upstairs or up to 50 ft away.

The blower ships installed under the firebox and moves up to 176 CFM through the air jacket. In AUTO it starts when the fireplace is warm and stops when it cools; in MAN it runs at once; a knob sets the speed and turns it off. Your electrician connects it at the electrical inlet on the left side of the unit. The fire itself needs no power.

It is optional. The fireplace ships with the 4" adapter and intake plate; the outside wall register, two collars and an insulated 4" HVAC duct of at least 10' (30' maximum, with a P-trap loop) are bought separately. The intake fits the right side or the underside, the register sits no more than 10' above or 3' below the fireplace base, draws from outside the house — never an attic, basement or garage — and Valcourt recommends a register with a shutter that closes when the fireplace is idle.

Only to light and reload. The Lafayette IIS was tested for open-door use with the optional fire screen, but in the United States and in provinces with a particulate emissions limit, burning open-door with a rigid fire screen is prohibited, and the fireplace must never be left unattended with the screen in place. An unvented gas log set may not be installed in it.

No. Valcourt does not approve the FP10RS for a mobile home (Canada) or a manufactured home (USA).

Valcourt's Limited Lifetime Warranty covers the combustion chamber welds, castings and ceramic glass for life with four years of labour, the stainless firebox parts, baffle and air tubes for five years, the blower and controls for two, and paint, gaskets and refractory for one — for the original purchaser, with the dated bill of sale, model and serial number, and it runs through the dealer you bought from.