Arada BK545 User manual

Dry Stove Installation Guide
BK545
EN 13240:2001+
Amd. A2:2004
November 2012
Rev02

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
All local regulations, including those
referring to National and European standards,
need to be complied with when installing the
appliance.
Any manufacturer’s instructions must not be
taken as overriding statutory requirements.
Before any installation work is undertaken
consideration must be given to the Health and
Safety at Work Act 1974. Safe working
practices should be followed at all times.
Please consult health and safety guidelines for
advice on handling heavy and/or large items.
During installation ensure that adequate
precautions are taken to avoid unnecessary
risk to yourself or any householder. In particular
the danger from the caustic nature of fire
cement should be avoided by using these
accepted methods:
 Wear gloves when handling fire cement.
 Wear goggles when chiselling or looking up
chimneys.
HEARTH
The stove should be installed on a floor with
adequate load bearing capacity. If the
existing construction does not meet this
prerequisite, suitable measures (e.g. load
distributing plate) should be taken to achieve it.
Ideally, the appliance should stand on a
constructional hearth of non-combustible
materials not less than 125mm (5”) thick
conforming to Building Regulations.
Please read carefully through this installation guide before proceeding with installation of the stove.
Should you have any questions about our stoves that are not covered in this manual, please
contact the Arada retailer in your area, or call our technical support department on 0844 847 5107.
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WARNING
It is a legal requirement that the installation of all new or replacement, wood or solid fuel
heating appliances must obtain building control approval from your local authority. This can be
done by using a qualified heating engineer, affiliated to a government approved competent
persons scheme such as operated by HETAS.
If in doubt, contact HETAS limited, telephone: [phone] or visit www.hetas.co.uk
Arada Ltd will not be responsible for any consequential or incidental loss or injury however caused.

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Dimensions of the hearth should project at
least 225mm (9”) forward of the front of the
appliance and 150mm (6”) at the sides. The
surface of the hearth should be free of
combustible materials.
Certain stoves manufactured by Arada are
suitable for installation on a non-combustible
12mm hearth such as glass. Please consult the
technical table found at the rear of the user
guide for a list of suitable models.
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
Please view the technical data table in the
rear of the user guide and observe the
minimum distance to combustible materials,
which is applicable to your stove model.
Ideally, adjacent walls should be of suitable
non-combustible construction, preferably
brickwork. In large fireplaces take care that
any supporting beam is protected by a 13mm
(0.5”) sheet of Masterboard or Superlux
spaced 12mm (0.5”) off the surface with strips
of non-combustible material. Make sure that
there is a gap between an un-insulated flue
system and any combustible material. This gap
must be at least 3X the outside diameter of
the flue pipe, or 1.5X the flue diameter to non
combustible surfaces.
AIR FOR COMBUSTION
There must always be a permanent means of
providing air for combustion into the room in
which the stove is installed. A permanent vent
with a total free area of at least 550mm² for
every kW rated above 5kW should be
connected directly to the outside air or to an
adjacent room which itself has a permanent
vent of the same size direct to the outside air.
The positioning of any air vent must be so that
it cannot be liable to blockage or obstruction.
The fitting of an extractor fan to either of these
rooms is not permitted.
If the appliance is fitted with a draught
stabiliser or if one is fitted to the flue pipe or
chimney in the same room as the appliance,
then the permanent air entry opening (or
openings) should be increased by 300mm² for
each kW of rated output.
FITTING THE FLUE OUTLET AND HOT
PLATE
The flue outlet spigot is found packed inside
the appliance. The hot plate is supplied fitted
to the top opening and is removed by turning
clockwise.
Smear a very thin layer of fire cement on the
mating faces of the flue outlet and the hot
plate. Fit the outlet to the appliance in the
desired position.
Lock into place by rotating anti-clockwise and
tighten by tapping with a block of wood and
mallet from inside of the appliance. Similarly, fit
the hot plate (blanking plate) to the unused
opening and clean off any surplus fire cement.
Inside
Flue
Pipe
Outer
Spigot

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Note: The flue pipe must be fitted inside the
outlet spigot. Failure to do so could result in
the spillage of condensation running down the
flue.
SEALING OF TERMINALS
If an add in boiler is not to be fitted, please
ensure that the two partially cut circular
terminals (located on the rear of the
appliance) are sealed with fire cement, thus
preventing surplus air entering the firebox,
resulting in lower efficiency and poor fuel
consumption.
SEALING THE BACK AND BASE OF
INSET STOVES TO A FIRE
SURROUND
In order for the stove to operate correctly and
at maximum efficiency it is necessary to
achieve a good seal between the back face
of the stove convector section, the stove back
base sections and the decorative fire surround
and hearth.
This should be achieved using fire cement.
Any void surrounding an inset stove when
installed should be filled with fire cement in the
interest of safety and efficacy.
FIXING 5KW INSET STOVES TO THE
CHAIR BRICK
All the Inset 5 stoves are supplied with
masonry fixing bolts to secure the stove to the
chair brick if required. To do this it is necessary
to remove the ‘knock-out’ hole plugs in the
rear of the stove behind the tertiary air bar.
ADJUSTING THE SELF
LEVELLING FEET IF APPLICABLE
Adjustment is as follows:
 Position the stove on the hearth into its final
resting place.
 On the rear leg of the stove, loosen the
pozi screw, and rotate the inner ‘cam’
shaped levelling foot until this touches the
hearth.
 Re-tighten the pozi screw. Check the stove
is level with a spirit level.
 Repeat for the other rear leg.
FIREBOX LINER PANELS
Most Arada stoves use firebox liner panels to the
sides and back. Some Villager wood burners also
have firebox liners in the base of the stove. For
detailed fitting instructions for Villager stoves
please refer to www.support.arada.uk.com.
For the majority of Arada stoves, the throat plate
sits on top of the side and rear panels. These
should come fitted to your stove, if however they
are not, proceed as follows to fit them:
 Remove the fuel retainer.
 Set the small liner(s) into the back of the
firebox.
 Insert the side liner panels.
 Fit the throat plate with the single bend
and two cut outs to the front facing up. The
projecting lugs sit on top of the side liners.
The long centre tab on the back edge rests
on the rear liners.
 Replace the fuel retainer.

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GRATE BARS
In a multi fuel stove the grate comprises of a
series of cast iron grate bars, seated on a pair of
combs. All bars in the grate are identical.
In stoves which feature a riddling grate system the
bars should be seated with every other bar
rotated through 180 degrees, so the ends marked
’H’ and ’L’ alternate on each comb.
In stoves with non-riddling grate systems the grate
is assembled with the ends of the bars marked ‘H’
sitting on the front comb, and the ends marked ‘L’
sitting on the rear comb.
FLUES AND CHIMNEYS
The flue draw is critical on any installation and
should be checked to ensure that it matches
what is specified. If it is higher than
recommended, provisions must be made to
correct the over draw.
The draw can vary in different weather
conditions and the customer should be made
aware of this. Failure to correct an over
drawing flue will invalidate the warranty.
The stove must be connected to a suitable and
efficient flue so that products of combustion
(fumes) from the stove are expelled to the
outside air. To ensure a good up draught it is
important that the flue gases are kept warm and
that the flue size suits the stove. The termination of
the outlet at the top of the flue also needs to
comply with Building Regulations. The minimum
effective height of the flue must be at least 4.5
metres from the top of the stove to the top of the
flue outlet. When warm the flue draught should be
between 0.1 to 0.2 mb.
A chimney may comply with regulations but could
still be subject to down draught and
similar problems. A chimney terminating above
the ridge level is generally less likely to suffer
such problems.
If a new chimney is being built / installed it
should fully comply with the relevant Building
Regulations that specify the requirements for
solid fuel burning installations.
The flue and chimney installation must be
carefully checked by a competent person
before fitting the stove to ensure it is suitable
and will work safely.
If the chimney is old (ie: built of brick or stone
without a liner) or being opened up for reuse
additional checks and smoke testing as
described in Appendix E of the Approved
Document J 2002 Edition should also be
carried out to ensure the flue and chimney are
in good operating condition.
Check the existing flue is in good condition
with suitable access for collection and removal
of debris. If the flue size is more than 225mm
(9”) diameter or 200mm (8”) X 200mm (8”)
square, a suitable lining of 150mm (6”) diame-
ter should be fitted. This should be a double
skin stainless steel flexible liner that is inde-
pendently certified for use with solid fuel.
Details of suitable linings for use with wood and
solid fuel are given in the Official HETAS guide
that can be viewed on their website at
www.hetas.co.uk.
It is also important that suitable flue pipe
complying with the Building Regulations is used
to connect the stove to the flue in the
chimney and that suitable access is provided
into the flue for regular inspection and
sweeping of the flue ways other than through
the appliance (e.g. wherever possible a soot

door or access through register plate).
Chimneys should be as straight as possible.
Horizontal runs should be avoided except
where the rear outlet of the appliance is used,
in which case the horizontal section should not
exceed 150mm (6”) in length.
If the stove appears to be working hard but
produces very little output to the room it is
likely that excess draw is present in the
chimney, and that heat is being sucked out of
the appliance and up the chimney. If this is
the case we recommend the fitting of a
draught stabiliser in preference to a flue
damper, in the interest of safety and
efficiency.
The installer should comply with Building
Regulations requirements in respect of
providing a Notice Plate giving details on the
chimney, flue lining, hearth and fireplace
installation.
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FINAL CHECK LIST
Before handing over the installation to the
customer it is a requirement under Document
J (of the Building Regulations for England &
Wales) that the appliance is lit and the
functioning of the chimney system is checked
for satisfactory operation.
 Be sure that the chimney is operating
and all smoke and fumes are vented to
the atmosphere through the chimney
terminal.
 Check all joints and seals.
 Clean the outside of the appliance to
prevent any stains becoming burnt on.
 Check the flue draught which should
read 1 - 2mm, or 0.1 - 0.2 mbar.
 For a registered competent persons
scheme, such as HETAS, please
complete a Certificate Of Compliance,
which is used for checking and reporting
the installation as imposed by the
Government.
 Explain the controls and operation of the
appliance to the customer.
 Ensure a Carbon Monoxide alarm is
fitted. This must be between 1m to 3m of
the appliance, and approximately
150mm below the ceiling level.
 A fireguard conforming to BS 8423:2002
should be used in the presence of
children and old or infirm people.

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Dry Stove Installation Guide
BK545 November 2012 Rev02
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