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StartingandMaintainingtheFire`
Forsafetyreasons,donotusegasoline,lighterfluid,keroseneorotherflammableliquidstostartor
rekindlethefire.
Buildafiredirectlyonthegratewithcrumplednewspaper,kindlingwoodand/orcommerciallyavailable
“firelighters”.Donotallowsinglepiecesofpapertofloatupthechimney,especiallyifalight.Thisisa
commoncauseofchimneyfiresandcancausestructuraldamagetotheproperty.Ensurethattheair
controlandthethermostatcontrolarefullyopentobeginwithandensurethatthethermostatcontrol
isonitshighestsetting.Whenthekindlingisburningwell,addlargerpiecesofwood.Thestovewill
workmoreefficientlywiththemaindoorclosedasyouwillbeabletocontrolthecombustionairand
therateoffuelburning.Itisnotrecommendedtooperatethestovewiththefuelloadingdooropen
otherthantoloadfuel,asthiscanleadtoover‐firinganddamagetoyourstove,whichmayvoidyour
warranty.Whentheapplianceisalight,theloadingdoorhandleandtheashpanhandlewillbecome
hot.Pleaseusethegloveprovidedtoavoidtouchinghotparts.
ChimneyFires
Ifthechimneyisthoroughlyandregularlyswept,chimneyfiresshouldnotoccur.However,ifachimney
firedoesoccurturntheaircontrolsettingtotheminimum,andtightlyclosethedoorsofthestove.This
shouldcausethechimneyfiretogooutinwhichcasethecontrolshouldbekeptattheminimumsetting
untilthefireinthestovehasgoneout.Thechimneyandfluewaysshouldthenbecleaned.Ifthe
chimneyfiredoesnotgooutwhentheaboveactionistakenthenthefirebrigadeshouldbecalled
immediately.
Afterachimneyfire,thechimneyshouldbecarefullyexaminedforanydamage.Expertadviceshould
besoughtifnecessary
ChimneyCleaningandStoveMaintenance.
Thechimneyshouldbesweptatleasttwiceayear.Itisimportantthattheflueconnectionandchimney
aresweptpriortolightingupafteraprolongedshutdownperiod.
Ifthestovewasfittedinplaceofanopenfirethenthechimneywillrequiresweepingafteramonthof
continuousoperation.Thisisaprecautiontoensurethatany“softer”depositsleftfromtheopenfire
usagehavenotbeenloosenedbythehigherfluetemperaturesgeneratedbytheclosedstove.
Page20‐27describeshowtoremovethebaffleplateforaccessforsweepingthroughtheappliance.It
isveryimportanttoensurethebaffleplateisalwaysclean.Thebaffleplateshouldbecheckedand
cleanedonatleastamonthlybasis.
Aftersweepingthechimneythestoveflueoutletandthefluepipeconnectingthestovetothechimney
mustbecleanedwithafluebrush.