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Foreword
1. Appearance + Heat
2. Modern Or Traditional?
3. Fireplace Design
4. Fireplaces Q And A
5. Fireplace Construction
6. Majestic Circulator
7. Chimney Design
8. Fire Building
9. Circulator Helps
10. "Radiant Blades"
11. Circulator Installation
12. More Circulators
13. Majestic Thulman
14. Modern Touch
15. Smoke Dome
16. Heights & Flue Sizes
17. Conventional Fireplace
18. Barbecue Fireplaces
19. Char-Grill Accessories
20. Char-Grill Vent-Hoods
21. Basic Principles
22. Good Foundation
23. Outdoor Fireplace
24. Fireplace Units
25. Building instructions
26. Dampers + Equipment
27. Home Conveniences
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The Majestic Fireplace Unit

Circulator Fans

Quiet-operating, long-life elec­tric fans that convert the Cir­culator from gravity to forced-air for greater efficiency. Two fans used, sized according to grille size. Operate on 110 volt A.C. Shipping wt. each, 6 lbs.

A completely packaged factory-fabricated MAJESTIC FIREPLACE and CHIMNEY

THE MAJESTIC Fireplace and Chimney is a factory-fabricated, fully assembled,  woodburning fireplace unit that comes furnished with its own complete chimney, including an  attractive metal simulated-brick chimney-top housing. Having all clearances built-in, it was the first fireplace ever approved by Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc. as suitable for building into construction of any materials with zero clearance. This permits its  installation without requiring any masonry and simplifies installation to make it ideally suited for either old or new homes.
The Majestic Fireplace consists of an aluminized steel combustion chamber, lined along the floor with high temperature ceramic and around the sides and back with cast iron, and surrounded by two air-spaced additional casings of steel. The combustion chamber connects to the 8"- flue of a Type "L" Thulman Chimney, and is equipped with a built-in damper. Designed on the unique "Thermo-Siphon" principle the casings connect to the inner and outer ducts of the Thulman Chimney, so that a flow of cooling air is directed down between the inner and outer casings and up between the inner casing and the combustion chamber. A factory-installed sliding screen is attached to the Majestic fireplace front.

Also included with the fireplace are starter sections of stainless steel flue, inner duct, and tapered outer duct.

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MODEL L-30: This is the original Majestic Fireplace, designed for the simplest possible installation. The fireplace opening is 30" wide and 22" high, and the fire chamber is 18" deep. Overall casing dimensions are 40" wide. 24" deep and 54" high. Flue is 8" in diameter.

MODEL L-36: A larger version of this unique unit, with a fireplace opening 36" wide and 24" high. The fire chamber is 18" deep, and the overall casing size is 46" wide, 24" deep, and 56" high. Easy-to-follow installation instructions are included with each unit.

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Can be installed with any choice of exterior trim.

Complete from trim to chimney top

Attractive Simulated Brick Chimney Top—Choice of Colors

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The installation of a Majestic Thulman all-metal simulated-brick chimney top housing adds greatly to the appearance of any home. As described on Page 51. it is available in various sizes and is for use on the fireplace chimney alone or as a single top fur separate chimneys for both fireplace and furnace It is furnished in a choice of colors: red. off-white and sun tan. It is eye-appealing and realistic in proportion and appearance.

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fireplacedesignBlack Glass or Marble Surround

To provide an attractive exterior surround or trim highly polished black glass or Laurelstone ⅞" thick marble surround for either floor or raised hearth installations is furnished in three sections. It is furnished complete with bonding material and installa­tion instructions This standard assembly combined with a variety of adjoining wall treatments and moldings permits many artistic, individualized fireplaces. Of course, other surrounds, of purchaser's preference. can be used Order glass as S-30-G for the L-30 fire place, or as S-36-G for the L-36; or marble as S-30-M for the L-30 fireplace, or S-36-M for the L-36.

Built-in Fire-Screen

Both sizes of the Majestic Fireplace come equipped with a factory-installed, attractive, flexible, sliding fire screen. Unit is complete, ready for safe use.

Bar Grate Available

See Page 111 for an attractive steel bar grate to use in your Thulman Fire place. Model BO 2-1 for the L-30 and BO-30 for the 1.36

For Raised Hearth

For those desiring a raised hearth, a Majestic fireproof metal hearth accessory can be fur­nished for installation directly on a combustible floor in front of the fireplace and held in place by wood moulding The hearth is 46½ x 16¾ for the L-30 (Model H-30), and 55½” x16¾ for the L-36 (Model H-36) Either hearth can be covered with 4" x 4" x ½ ceramic tiles. For a raised hearth (about 16" above the floor), a metal base with ex­tensions to support the hearth is available as RB-30 for the L-30 fireplace or RB36 for the L-36

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Majestic Fireplace specifications

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The chimney top housings described here make possible many different arrange­ments of Majestic fireplace and chimney flues ter­minating in the same "double" housing or in separate housings (See diagram of arrangements on opposite page). Each housing is available in simulated brick finish of off-white, red or sun-tan color, baked on in modern ovens for permanence. Add the letter "W". "R", or "T" re­spectively to model numbers below for color desired. All housings are 54" high.

STANDARD T-l   HOUSING

The standard square housing is 18" x 18" and is used for separate fireplace and fur­nace flue installations, or where it is not feasible to locate both chimneys together.

DELUXE  T-2   HOUSING

This 18" x 36" deluxe rectangular housing is used where the furnace chimney is lo­cated directly in back of the fireplace chimney. It can also be used for double Majestic Fireplace installations—one below the other or back-to-back—or to house a single fireplace chimney and create a more massive appearance. Centerline of two chimneys should be located 18" apart.

DELUXE T-4 HOUSING

A really massive chimney. 18" x 54", usable in place of any of the other top housings but offering greater leeway in that the distance between chimney center-lines is 36".

DELUXE  T-101   HOUSING

For a more massive appearance, this 18" x 27" rectangular housing for a single chimney is used in place of the standard T-l housing.

DELUXE T-3  HOUSING

This is an   18" x45"  deluxe  rectangular housing and can be used in any installa­tion where the T-l. T-101. or T-2 might apply, for a massive appear­ance with only one chimney or with  two chimneys  27" apart on their centerlines.  It can be used where a furnace chimney must pass up on eith­er side of the fireplace casing.

DELUXE TOP  HOUSINGS

May be installed so the long dimension is parallel with, or at right angles to. the roof ridge. Stated distances be­tween flue centerlines must be maintained, if used for both furnace and fireplace chim­neys. The diagrams on oppo­site page show possible arrangements.

How to install the Thulman

fireplacedesign Note:  These instructions are for a raised hearth, using the raised hearth accessory.

Step 1. Frame the opening, preparatory to in­stalling a Majestic Fireplace the U/L approved unit that has built in clearance permitting it to be butted against combustible surround.

Step 2. Set into framed opening the 12" high base of a Majestic Thulman Fireplace. Note that it is provided with brackets to support a raised hearth.

Step 3. This shows the front view of the open­ing with the Majestic Fireplace base set into position ready for receiving the primary unit.

Step 4. Now place the Majestic Fireplace on the base, which was previously set in position, extending behind  the wall.

Step 5. Rear view, showing the unit in place. Note that no other housing or covering needs to be placed around it — and with built-in clearances other objects or construction can be butted against it.

Step 6. You're now ready to set into place the semi-fabricated marble or black glass facing panels, or surrounds, on a Majestic Thulman Fireplace. Other non-combustible materials of user's preference can be used for facing.

Step 7. Raised hearth pan is placed in posi­tion. The Majestic Fireplace is now ready for final finish of room wall.

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Note: Installation of the complete chimney and chimney top is equally simple, especially with the easy-to-follow instructions that are fur­nished with each Thulman Fireplace package.

HOW TO ORDER THE THULMAN FIREPLACE

fireplacedesignDetermine the size of the fireplace and the top housing color. For example, a ;36" fireplace with an 18” x 30” red-finish top housing would be ordered as anL-362R. Sections to make up the desired chimney height areordered Nos. 82 or 83 (2' and 3' lengths) according to Table 1. Measure the height from the bottom of the fireplace to the roof ridge—dimension "F" in the diagram—and the proper number of intermediate sec­tions will be found (for any "F" dimension falling between the minimum and maximum heights listed in the table. For limi­tations of the distance of the chimney centerline from the roof ridge, refer to the paragraph headed "Dimension 'B'". The attractive all-metal chimney tops described on Page 50, available in the realistic appearing simulated-brick finish, are available in a choice of red, sun-tan or off-white. The de­sign of this top. with its choice of sizes. permits wide flexi­bility in architectural treatment and eye-appeal of the house design.

Ordering chimney in combination with DIMENSION "B"

fireplacedesignfireplacedesignDimension “B” of all Thulman top housings is 54”, and limits the distance “R” from the centerline of the ridge to the centerline of the flue with a standard height of 24” of the chimney top above the ridge. The maximum “R” dimension for standard roof pitches is shown in Table 2. For rectangular top housing installations with long side of the housing at right angles to the ridge line, the “R” dimension is measured to the centerline of the flue farthest from the ridge. Housings higher than standard can be furnished on special order.

Ordering chimney in combination with Majestic Fireplace

fireplacedesign fireplacedesign In locating the furnace and fireplace chimneys together, the choice of which double top housing is being used depends upon the relative position of the furnace chimney and the fireplace chimney.  See Page 50 for details.  In ordering, give the position of the long dimension of the housing in relation to the ridge line to enable the factory to ship the proper flashing. The fireplace chimney unit does not include a 7” chimney base or 7” telescoping pipe-a “B-1” base (which includes the telescoping pipe) must be ordered separately for combination installations. To order the proper number of 2’ and 3’ sections (Nos. 72 and 73) for the furnace chimney, measure the height from the ceiling surface to roof ridge-dimension “A” in the diagram-and refer to Table 3.

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