Thank you NCSG members for submitting your comments Fall 2022 regarding UL/ULC1390 Standard for Fireplace Inserts & Hearth-mounted Stoves for Installation into Masonry Fireplaces! John Wade, Task Group Chair, Draft standards UL/ULC 1390, UL/ULC 1391, mentioned that over 120 comments were received during the Preliminary review stage.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Debbie Wiedwald, NCSG Advocacy Chair 

Email update from John Wade, Task Group Chair, Draft standards UL/ULC 1390, UL/ULC 1391 

In response to comments received during the Preliminary Review of UL/ULC 1390, Standard for Fireplace Inserts and Hearth-mounted Stoves for Installation into Masonry Fireplaces, between September 17 and November 16, 2022, the Task Group members decided to remove the list or recommended certifying organizations, and to instead defer to the Authority Having Jurisdiction for any given jurisdiction. The current draft of the relevant Clause now reads:

‘10.1.7 The instructions shall include:

c) “It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that this appliance is only installed by an installer acceptable to the AHJ”;’

The same change has also been made in the current draft of UL/ULC 1391, Standard for Solid-Fuel Fireplace Inserts and Hearth-Mounted Stoves for Installation into Factory-Built Fireplaces. 

In terms of future opportunities (Preliminary Review and Public Review) for your organization members to comment during the ongoing development work on both of these standards, here is the table of estimated dates from the current version of the project plan: