Jindara Townsend User manual

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GPN: 236791
Rev A
Townsend Freestanding
Operation & Installation Instructions
Please keep these instructions for future reference.
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1. Subject to clauses 2 & 3 of this warranty, A.F. Gason Pty Ltd ACN 004 667 556 warrants the following components of its heaters against defect in
workmanship and/or materials for the following periods from the date of purchase:
a. The rebox for ten years; b. The paint nish for a period of 12 months if the purchaser has followed the instructions provided by Gason in the Operation and Installation
Instructions manual; and
c. All other components for 12 months except the glass, re brick lining or bae plates if, in the opinion of Gason, these items have been damaged by
impact.
2. This extended warranty does not apply; a. If the heater has been purchased from a person who has not been authorised by Gason to sell its products; b. If, in the opinion of Gason, the heater or any other component has been subject to abuse, misuse, alteration, modication or has not been installed,
operated, or maintained in accordance with the instructions provided by Gason; or,
c. To owners other than the original purchaser. 3. If you believe that the heater you purchased contains a manufacturing defect and you wish to make a claim under this warranty, please contact an
authorised Gason service centre to arrange for an assessment.
4. If, after assessing the heater Gason determines that the heater contains a manufacturing fault, Gason may at its own discretion: a. Replace the heater; b. Repair or replace specic components of the heater; or c. Provide a full refund. 5. Parts replaced under warranty are warranted for the balance of their original warranty period. 6. If, at the discretion of Gason the heater or any parts need to be replaced, serviced or repaired at an authorised Gason service centre, then the person
claiming under this warranty must pay all costs associated with:
a. Returning the heater; and b. The delivery or collection of any new or repaired heater. Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. Your are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. Any benets you receive under these warranties are in addition to other rights and remedies that you may have as a consumer under law in relation to the heater to which these warranties relate. These warranties are given by: A.F. Gason Pty Ltd Blake Street Ararat Vic 3377 Please contact us if you have any queries on: Phone: [phone] or email us via the “Contact Us” section of our website: www.gason.com.au A.F. Gason Pty.Ltd. reserves the right to modify or alter specications, materials, etc. in the interest of product improvement.
WARRANTY

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!WARNING
READ AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS FULLY AND CAREFULLY
BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING THIS APPLIANCE.
To aid heater installation, remove door, bae system, and rebricks to reduce
overall heater weight. Refer to the set-up section of this manual.
!WARNING
Safety warnings
• A ue re with resulting damage may occur if the appliance is not
installed and maintained as per this booklet.
• Never place combustible materials such as wood, paper or furniture near
the appliance.
• This appliance is designed to burn dry hardwood. Do not burn
rubbish, driftwood, ammable liquids, pressurised canisters, or any
substance containing salt or corrosives.
• This appliance must not be installed and operated in an area where
kerosene, petrol, paint thinners, or other ammable liquid is used or stored.
• The ue system must be inspected and cleaned annually or sooner if
required. Failure to do so could result in excessive build up of creosote
which may result in a ue re, which may damage the ue or cause
damage to your home.
• The surface of the appliance becomes hot during operation. Do not
touch the surface of this appliance. Keep children away from the
appliance during operation. Do not allow anyone to operate this
appliance who is not familiar with this instruction booklet.
!WARNING
Paint curing and care
• Your heater is coated with the best available heat resistant paint. Even
though the paint has been baked after application, it may require further
temperature curing. It may discolour if you overre the heater on its rst
re. Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure the quality of the
paint on your heater is maintained.
• For the rst two or three rings, never exceed Medium air setting and
do not load the re more than half full. Do not use softwood fuel (cut up
pallets etc.) other than for kindling when rst lighting the re.
• Ensure that the lower air slide is fully closed once the re is established
during the curing process.
• On the initial re up you may detect smoke coming from the paint nish,
and from any oils that may be impregnated in the steel of the rebox.
This is normal. It is suggested to well ventilate your home on the initial
re up.
• Do not wipe the heater while the paint is curing. After the paint has
cured, the only maintenance required to maintain the heater’s nish is
to wipe it with a soft cloth (with water if necessary). DO NOT USE ANY
COMMERCIAL CLEANERS OR SOLVENTS ON THE PAINT FINISH.
• We are proud of the presentation of our products. If at any time you need
to freshen up the paint, your local Jindara dealer has touch-up
paint available for purchase.
The heater is painted in Stove Bright Metallic Black - Paint code 6309.
If you have any enquiries, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased your heater.
PLEASE COMPLETE:
Dealer Name:
Dealer Address:
Email: Phone:
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Troubleshooting + Tips
• Sluggish or Lazy Fire
• A sluggish or lazy re can be caused by a number of dierent factors, or a combination of several factors.
• Ensure that the wood you are burning is of good quality, and has been well seasoned to ensure its moisture
content is below 16%. Overly wet wood will cool the re, smoke excessively, and cause your unit to run poorly.
The best way to determine the moisture content of your wood is to use a digital moisture meter. Wood that looks
dry on the outside can still be high in moisture on the inside.
• Ensure that there is not a negative pressure inside your house. Wood burning res consume air as part of the
combustion process. They need a constant supply of air to function correctly. If your home is overly sealed and air
is unable to get to the re as needed, it will create a negative pressure inside the house compared to the outside,
which will cause your re to smoke and run poorly. Running extraction fans in your kitchen or bathroom can also
impact on this in well sealed modern homes. The best way to test for this is to try opening an external door or
window near the heater while it is running, to determine whether it runs better with ready access to outside air.
• Non-standard ue installations can also cause your re to run poorly if not correctly installed. The addition of
bends and elbows in the ue will restrict the ow of ue gases more than normal, meaning that you may need to
t an additional length of ue in order for your heater to draw properly.
• Environmental factors such as consistent wind, structures or vegetation near the ue outlet, or other unforeseen
factors can have a dramatic impact on the performance of your heater. These can usually be overcome by tting
an extra length of ue, or through the tment of a specialty cowl such as a wind chaser or a vertical discharge
cowl.
• Ensure you are putting enough wood in your re. Modern replaces are designed to run hotter and cleaner than
older designs. This means that they perform best when they are well stocked with wood and have a hefty bed
of hot coals. You will become familiar with the unit as you use it, and learn what sort of operation best suits your
needs and wood type. As a general rule it is best to start out by building a big re and then reducing the fuel load
to a level that you nd suitable for your needs.This allows the ue to reach an appropriate operating temperature
for it to draw properly from the beginning, which will promote an active re and good heat output.

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Jindara Townsend Installation
!WARNING
THE INSTALLATION OF THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE CARRIED OUT AS PER THIS
MANUAL AND THE FLUE MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS.
WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE A QUALIFIED INSTALLER TO CARRY OUT
THE INSTALLATION OF THIS APPLIANCE.
EXTREME CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN HANDLING THE APPLIANCE.
If you have any other enquiries regarding installation of the appliance, please
contact the dealer from whom you purchased the heater.
Installation
Scope Of Installation Specifications
The Jindara Townsend is tested in accordance with the requirements of AS/NZS 2918:2018 for the congurations
and ue types specied in this manual. Any installation that falls outside of the specications in this manual other than
the addition of bends or extensions to the ue, is considered to be an untested installation as per AS/NZS 2918:2018.
AF Gason Pty. Ltd. accepts no liability whatsoever for the safety of installations under such circumstances.
AF Gason Pty. Ltd. accepts no liability whatsoever for any interpretation of AS/NZS 2918:2018.
It is important that you understand these installation instructions and minimum clearances to combustible
materials before selecting a position for your wood heater, to ensure a safe and correct installation is achieved.
Installation Permit
Depending on your local authority requirements, a permit may be required for the installation of your heater. It is your
responsibility to arrange the same.
Flue Requirements
As per the dimensions in Table A (referencing gures 1 and 2), the Jindara Townsend must be installed with either of the
following ue types:
• Standard 6” Decromesh Default Flue Kit incorporating an additional 900mm high x 180 degree stainless steel rear
ue shield tted between the Decromesh and the active ue, or
• 6” Half shield Default Kit (Double Sleeve Flue Kit).
NOTE THAT INSTALLATION CLEARANCES ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH FLUE TYPE.
The ue system installed with the Jindara Townsend must comply with Australian and New Zealand installation stan-
dards AS/NZS 2918:2018, and be installed to the ue manufacturer’s instructions.
The performance of your heater is highly dependant on an eective ue system. In many cases, poor start-up, dirty
glass, down draft causing smoke spillage when the door is open, and reduced heat output, can all be caused by the ue
system being too short or incorrectly installed. Excessive ue length is also undesirable, as it can cause excessive ue
draft, resulting in short burn times and over-ring of the heater.
Clearance To Combustibles
The Jindara Townsend conforms to AS/NZS 2918:2018 when positioned in relation to combustible surfaces as specied
in Table A (referencing gures 1 and 2), and as per these instructions. The gures shown state the minimum distance the
heater can be placed in relation to any combustible materials - plaster, wallpaper, timber, MDF, etc.
In the instance that your Jindara heater is surrounded by non-combustible materials - brick, stone, concrete, cement
sheet or similar, wall clearances can be reduced to 50mm. A 50mm clearance is required to ensure room air can circulate
around the wood heater during operation.
For further information regarding installation of your heater, please contact the Jindara dealer from whom you
purchased the heater.
Hearth & Floor Requirements
If the Jindara Townsend is to be installed onto a combustible oor, a cement sheet or similar non-combustible hearth
or oor (as per specications on page 3) protector must be placed in between the appliance and the combustible oor.
Minimum hearth requirements are specied in Table A (referencing gures 1and 2).
If the heater is to be installed onto a non-combustible surface that meets the minimum oor protector requirements
specied, an additional oor protector may not be required.
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Troubleshooting + tips
• Air Controls Jamming
• Check that there are no visible physical obstructions to the air slides, such as charcoal or wood.
• Try freeing the air slide using WD-40, or a similar lubricant. It may be necessary to remove the air plates and gain
access to the air slides, in order to clean out any debris or contamination contributing to the jamming.
• Heater Emitting Smoke
• It is normal for your wood burning heater to emit a certain amount of smoke when the door is opened during
operation. Smoke will move in the path of least resistance as it rises from the re, and when your heater door is
opened, the opening becomes that path of least resistance.
• It is important that you adhere to the instructions in this manual, and that the heater is operated with the door
closed at all times, except for when you are lighting the re, or refuelling.
• A sluggish or lazy re will generate more smoke than an active hot re. If you have shut your re down for a long
burn, more smoke will be generated when you open the door.
• If you nd that your re is emitting noticable amounts of smoke into the room during normal operation, or
excessive amounts of smoke when the door is opened, check that the baes are correctly tted and in good
condition, and that there are no other visible defects with the heater. If there is no problem found with the heater
itself, there is more than likely a problem with your ue system and you should have it inspected by a plumber
for blockages or downdraft.
• No Overnight Burn
• Check that the air slides are not stuck open, and that the upper and lower air plates are xed securely to the door.
• Ensure that the baes are correctly installed and are free from any damage.
• Ensure that the door rope is sealing against the door opening, all the way around the door opening. This can be
checked by placing a strip of paper between the door and the rebox and closing the door, then checking to see
if the paper is clamped in place or free to move. If the paper is free to move, you will need to inspect your door
seal and either replace the rope or adjust your door catch.
• Ensure that you have a reasonable ash bed in the base of your rebox. The ash bed acts as a heat store, and helps
to maintain hot coals once the re has burnt low.
• Ensure that you are loading your re with good quality hardwood, and in sucient quantities for an overnight
burn. You should try to ll the rebox as much as possible when loading for an overnight burn, with large logs at
least 15cm in diameter.
• Round logs with smooth outer surfaces tend to take longer to burn when compared to logs that have been split
from larger pieces and have exposed rough surfaces.
• Excessive Ash Build Up
• Dierent types of wood will generate dierent amounts of coals and ash, depending on its composition and on
how you use the heater. Given the variety of wood available in Australia, you will need to determine which wood
is available to you that best suits the heater.
• All testing and certication for wood heaters sold in Australia is carried out using seasoned River Red Gum,
which is an energy dense hardwood. Red Gum burns hot with large coals that reduce to very little ash, and is the
recommended wood in ideal circumstances.
• Depending on what wood is available to you, you may nd that your rebox builds up with ash more quickly than
desired. This is unfortunately a function of the wood being burnt, not the heater itself.
• Ensure your wood is well seasoned and not overly sappy. Good hardwood with moisture content below 16% is
ideal.
• Burning bark will generate excessive ash, try to avoid burning it.
• Consistently running your re with the air slides shut down will generate excessive coals and ash, as well as
creosote build up. Burning a hot re will help to reduce these back down after a couple of cycles.

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Installation (continued)
Figure 1 - Parallel Installation Figure 2 - Corner Installation
Table A: Minimum clearances to combustibles, ue and hearth requirements.
Note: All measurements shown below are in millimeters.
Dim. 6” Decromesh Default Flue Kit with
900mm high x 180° stainless steel rear
ue shield
6” Half Shield Default Flue Kit (Double
Sleeve Flue Kit)
A 24 24
B 820 820
C 618 (From base of foot) 618 (From base of foot)
D 1060 1060
E 750 825
F 250 300
G 500 / 350* 475 / 300*
H 1135 / 984* 1109 / 935*
I 1714 / 1564* 1689 / 1514*
* Requires additional side wing heat shields to achieve minimum corner clearance (purchased seperately)
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Please refer to gures 1 and 2 below to nd each corresponding dimension in Table A.
Fitting a New Door Seal
• Open the door and lift it free of its hinges.
• Place the door face down on a soft at surface to protect paintwork and glass.
• Remove the old door rope and scrape the rope channel free from residual glue.
• Clean the rope retaining channel with a clean dry cloth, to remove any dust and debris. The use of wax and grease
remover may be necessary if the channel is particularly dirty.
• Apply a generous bead of high-temp silicone around the retaining channel.
• Press the new 14mm OD door rope into the rope retaining channel, placing the start-stop joint in the middle of the
door on the hinge side.
• Re-t the door to the heater and close the door, to apply pressure to the rope while the silicone cures.
Note: The door handle may need to be adjusted to allow the door to close completely if previously adjusted to
accommodate an ageing rope.
Leave the door closed for at least 12 hours before lighting the heater, and initially run at a low temperature to allow the
adhesive to fully bond to the door.
Cleaning the Glass
Generally the only time you may need to clean your glass is after a long overnight burn. If you nd that you have a wet
sticky black lm on your glass (creosote), it is best to burn the heater as normal for a load of wood or two, allowing it to then
extinguish with the upper air slide fully open. This should burn the moisture out of the creosote build up and clean the
majority of it away through the air circulation from the air wash, leaving you with a lighter dry build up of ash on the glass.
Once the door has cooled to a temperature that you can touch it comfortably, use a damp cloth with water or glass
cleaner, wipe the glass clean. You should not need to use a scraper or abrasives to clean the glass, if you have diculty
getting the glass clean, try using wet ash from the rebox and newspaper to scrub the glass, before wiping it clean with
the damp cloth.
Creosote on the glass is normally a sign that the heater has been shut down too early after loading, or for too long. It can
also be an indicator that you have burnt excessively wet or green wood. Refer to our troubleshooting section for more
information on this.
Important: Ensure glass cleaner does not come into contact with the paint work.
Replacing the Door Glass
• Open the door and lift it free of its hinges.
• Place the door face down on a soft at surface to protect paintwork and glass.
• Using an M3 hex key, remove the 4x retaining screws securing the lower air plate assembly. Taking care not to
dislodge the door rope from its channel, ip the plate towards the centre of the door to gain access to the glass
retaining panel. Take note of the 2 lower air slide spacers, set them aside so that they are not lost.
• Do the same with the 3x retaining screws for the upper air plate assembly. Note that there is only one spacer for
the upper air slide.
• Using an M3 hex key to remove 2x retaining screws for each panel, remove the upper and lower glass retaining
panels.
• Remove the door glass from the door, ensuring that the mounting face is clean and free of anything that would
prevent the new glass from sitting in place.
• Fit new breglass tape to the outer edge of the replacement door glass, then sit the glass in position.
• Re-t the upper and lower glass retainers, ensuring they are sitting at and are holding the glass correctly.
• Ensure the upper and lower air slides are sitting in place properly, and ensure that the air slide spacers are sat back
in place, before sitting the upper and lower air plate assemblies back in position.
• Secure the upper and lower air plate assemblies, ensuring that they are sitting at and that the air slides are still
able to move.
• It may be necessary to apply high temperature silicone underneath the door rope, in any sections where it has
dislodged from the rope channel.
• Re-t the door to the heater, ensuring that the door is kept closed long enough for the silicone to cure if needed.
Maintaining & Servicing your Jindara Wood Heater

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Installation (continued)
Baffle System
The Jindara Townsend’s bae system comprises of two components:
• 8mm Upper Bae Plate
• 6mm Lower Bae Plate
When removing the bae system to clean the ue, the bae system must be inspected and replaced in the conguration
as shown in Figures 3 and 4 (page 5).
If the system components are compromised in any way it is important the components are replaced.
Bae removal is carried out in the reverse order of bae installation.
Fitting the Baffle System
1. Upper Bae:
A. Lift the Upper Bae into place by reaching through the door opening, orientated with the folded edge pointing
down (1).
B. Lift the back edge of the bae up, and to the rear of the rebox (2), resting the rear of the bae on bae hanger
‘A’.
C. Once the rear of the bae is resting on bae hanger ‘A’, bring the front of the bae plate up and towards the
very front of the rebox. Rest the folded edge down into bae hanger‘B’, and ensure a secure snug t (3).
1
2
3
Upper Baffle
BA
Figure 3
Cleaning your Flue
It is recommended that you seek the services of a licensed plumber to carry out ue maintenance.
Firstly and carefully remove the rebox baes and set them aside, following the instructions given on pages 4 & 5. Close
the heater door. Obtain a 150mm ue brush from you local Jindara dealer. Proceed to a position where you can access
the ue cowl, and remove it from the ue. Follow the instructions provided with your ue brush to assemble it, slowly
push the brush down the chimney until it stops. Pull the brush back through and repeat the process. Each time you do
this, you will notice the brush will go further down the chimney until it reaches the bottom, as the dislodged soot and
creosote falls down the chimney into the rebox. Ensure that you re-t the ue cowl when you have nished cleaning the
ue. Clean the residue from the rebox and re-t the baes and other components, as per the instructions in the relevant
sections of this manual. Make sure the ue is cleaned thoroughly, as creosote will take longer to re-form in a well cleaned
ue, compared to one left with residual creosote build up.
Inspecting the Baffles
It is recommended that your heater baes be inspected at least once a year, more often if your heater is operated for
more than six months of the year. A convenient time to do this is when your are cleaning the ue.
The baes should be free from deformation or bowing, and there should be no holes in the steel (excluding the tertiary
air slots in the Lower bae).
If the baes are compromised in any way, they should be replaced. Operating your heater with defective baes will
lead to losses in eciency and heat output, and will also lead to high ue temperatures. Operating your heater with
a compromised bae system, or without either of the baes, will likely result in premature wear of the heater, and is
deemed to be misuse of the appliance.
Maintaining the Door Seal
To maintain ecient and safe use of your Jindara wood heater, you may need to adjust the door handle tightness. It is
important that you periodically check the door seal, to ensure that it is sealing against the face of the rebox at all points
when the door is in the closed position. If the door seal is excessively worn or damaged and unable to seal adequately,
you will need to replace it.
Adjusting the Door Handle
• Open the door to gain access to the retaining screw.
• Using an M 2.5 hex key, remove the retaining screw.
• Looking from the front of the door, rotate the handle counter-clockwise to tighten the door catch, or clockwise to
loosen the door catch.
• Once the desired setting has been achieved, re-t the retaining screw.
Maintaining & Servicing your Jindara Wood Heater
!WARNING IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU SEEK THE SERVICES OF A LICENSED
PLUMBER TO CARRY OUT FLUE MAINTENANCE.
THE BAFFLE SYSTEM IS A CRITICAL PART OF YOUR HEATER. IF THE BAFFLE
SYSTEM IS DAMAGED, BURNT OUT, DISCARDED, OR NOT INSTALLED AS PER
THESE INSTRUCTIONS, POOR PERFORMANCE AND EXCESSIVE FIREBOX AND
FLUE TEMPERATURES CAN RESULT.
IF FIREBOX FAILURE, FLUE FAILURE, OR EXCESS DAMAGE TO THE APPLIANCE
OR ITS SURROUNDINGS IS REPORTED DUE TO INCORRECT INSTALLATION
OR OPERATION OF THE BAFFLE SYSTEM, AF GASON PTY. LTD. RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO DISALLOW ANY WARRANTY CLAIMS IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE-
MENTIONED.
Maintenance

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Installation (continued)
2. Lower Bae:
A. Position the bae with the bae lip facing down, and the channel sections facing to the right of the rebox (1).
B. Feed the bae through the door opening, towards the right rear corner of the rebox.
C. Once the bae is through the door opening, rotate it so the bae is square with the rebox, with the front lip
facing upwards, and the at side facing down (2).
D. With the rear of the bae plate pressed against the bottom back corner of the rebox, lift the bae plate tilting
the front lip up, and over bae hanger‘C’ (3).
E. Bring the bae plate forward over bae hanger ‘C’, then raise the rear, and slide the channels of the bae into
the “REAR BAFFLE SLOTS”. Ensure bae is pressed hard against rear of rebox (4).
1
2
3
4
Lower Baffle
B
C
REAR BAFFLE
SLOTS
Figure 4
Operating your Jindara Townsend Wood Heater (continued)
The Cast Iron Door
To open the cast iron door of your Jindara Townsend, rotate the handle 90 degrees counter-clockwise, and pull outward.
To close the door, push the door shut and rotate the handle 90 degrees clockwise, the handle will locate rmly when fully
locked. The door should swing freely during both operations; if it does not, consult your Jindara dealer.
The cast iron door of your Jindara Townsend should always be closed during operation, except for when you are lighting
or re-fueling your re. The heater is unable to circulate air inside the rebox eectively with the door open, and extended
periods of the door being open during operation can result in smoke escaping into the room. Operating your heater
with the door open for extended periods of time constitutes misuse, and AF Gason Pty. Ltd. will not be held liable for
any resultant damage.
Daily Operations
When you get up in the morning, move both the upper and lower air slide controls to the fully open position to start the
embers glowing. Place 3 or 4 pieces of wood on top of the embers and close the door. After around 20 minutes or once
the pieces of wood are well alight, move the lower air slide control to the closed position, and adjust the upper air slide
control to suit your desired heat output.
When refuelling during normal operation, it is not necessary to open the lower air slide, unless the re has died down
and needs assistance to get going again. Leaving the lower air slide open for extended periods during normal use can
lead to over-ring, and is deemed to be improper use of the heater.
Keep in mind that each piece of wood contains a nite amount of energy. Feeding more air to the re by leaving the air
slides open, will allow the re will burn hotter than with the air slides closed, as more energy is able to be released as heat
at the same time. This means that with the air slides open, each piece of wood will also burn for shorter periods of time
than with the air slides closed, meaning you will need to re-fuel your re more frequently.
For best results, you should burn hardwood logs around 9cm - 15cm in diameter, and 25cm long, with a moisture content
between 14% - 16%. Place the logs facing front to rear in the rebox, as this will promote good air circulation around
them, and prevent the logs from rolling forward against the door glass while burning.
Overnight Burn
Approximately 30 minutes before turning the heater down for overnight burn it is recommended to load the heater with
largerpieces of wood.Leavetheair upper air slidein the openposition,and let theheater run for30 minutes.Thiswillreduce
the moisture content in the wood before shut down, helping to reduce the formation of creosote in the rebox and ue.
Set the air control to the setting you have found best for your requirements, and retire for the evening.
It is important that you understand that modern heaters cannot be shut down overnight as easily as older heaters.
The reason for this is that when heaters are shut down too much for long burns, the fuel is starved of air which leads
to excessive smoke emissions and creosote formation within the rebox and ue. All new wood heaters are subject to
the restrictions of modern emissions and eciency standards, which have been put in place to minimise the impact of
smoke emissions from wood heaters.
Ensuring that you select large pieces of good wood to shut down overnight with, maintaining a sucient ash bed, and
following the instructions in this manual are all important factors in achieving a successful overnight burn. The aim when
burning overnight is to have only a few hot embers left in the bottom of the rebox in the morning, not large lumps of
wood.
Understanding your Heater
Your Jindara Townsend wood heater is designed to meet and exceed the emissions and eciency requirements of Aus-
tralian & New Zealand standards AS/NZS 4012:2014 & AS/NZS 4013:2014, which have been put in place to reduce emis-
sions, lower wood consumption, and ensure that wood heating remains a viable source of heat for Australians moving
forward.
As a result of this, your heater may perform dierently to older heaters that you may be familiar with. Modern wood
heaters can be more sensitive to poor quality wood, as well as installation factors such as ue set-up, and pressure
dierentials between the inside of your house and outside. See the troubleshooting section of this manual if you are
having diculty getting your heater to perform properly, or contact the dealer from whom you purchased the heater,
who will be able to assist you and oer advice on getting your heater to run properly.

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9 6
Installation (continued)
Fitting the Firebricks and Firebrick Retainer
Your Jindara Townsend requires rebricks to be installed, to ensure that the re operates correctly, and to prevent dam-
age to the rebox through excessive heat.
This replace uses three dierent size rebricks. Please use table B below, and gures 5 and 6 to dierentiate between
each brick and its installation location.
Fitment is as follows:
1. Feed the rebrick retainer into the rebox, so that the long edge faces towards the rear of the rebox, with the at
face pointing up.
2. Lift the long edge of the retainer up, allowing you to slip the rear rebricks into place. Ensure the bevelled edge of
the rebricks are facing down and towards the outside of the rebox, as shown in gure 6.
3. Lift the front ends of the retainer and t the side rebricks in the same manner as the rear.
4. Fit the lower rebricks.
5. Ensure that the rebrick retainer is sitting properly in position over the rebricks.
Removal of the rebricks and retainer is carried out in reverse order of installation.
236460 - A
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TTDRAWN TITLE
APPD.
FINISH: NATURAL
236460
MASS: 12.38kg
11-08-19 SCALE PART No.
OF 3
REV. BY ECN No. DATE REV.
ANGLE
FOR SHEET 10 to 20mm TOLERANCE
FIREBRICK SET RADIANT MED
DATE 236653 x 2 236654 x 5 236655 x 3 BY
VICTORIA, 3377
BLAKE STREET, ARARAT
REGISTERED OFFICE
SHEET 3
PROJECTION
MATERIAL: AS PER COMPONENTS
TM
0.5
A4
ECN No.
JIG:
RELEASED
DO NOT SCALE
A. F. GASON PTY. LTD. INC. IN VICTORIA STANDARD METRIC TOLERANCES UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE
DIMENSIONS SHOWN THUS 25 or 25.0 = 25±1; 25.00 = 25±0.5
DRILLED HOLES: +0.2 -0.08, PUNCHED HOLES ±0.4, ANGLES ±0.5°
FOR LASERCUT COMPONENTS:
FOR SHEET 3mm AND UNDER TOLERANCE 0.1
FOR SHEET 4 to 8mm TOLERANCE 0.2 THIRD
THIS INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND REMAINS THE
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A
B
B
B
CA
A
A
A
C
Firebrick Retainer
Bevelled edge
236460 - B
236460 - C
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PROPERTY OF A. F. GASON PTY. LTD. UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW.
TTDRAWN TITLE
APPD.
FINISH: NATURAL
236460
MASS: 12.38kg
11-08-19 SCALE PART No.
OF 3
REV. BY ECN No. DATE REV.
ANGLE
FOR SHEET 10 to 20mm TOLERANCE
FIREBRICK SET RADIANT MED
DATE 236653 x 2 236654 x 5 236655 x 3 BY
VICTORIA, 3377
BLAKE STREET, ARARAT
REGISTERED OFFICE
SHEET 3
PROJECTION
MATERIAL: AS PER COMPONENTS
TM
0.5
A4
ECN No.
JIG:
RELEASED
DO NOT SCALE
A. F. GASON PTY. LTD. INC. IN VICTORIA STANDARD METRIC TOLERANCES UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE
DIMENSIONS SHOWN THUS 25 or 25.0 = 25±1; 25.00 = 25±0.5
DRILLED HOLES: +0.2 -0.08, PUNCHED HOLES ±0.4, ANGLES ±0.5°
FOR LASERCUT COMPONENTS:
FOR SHEET 3mm AND UNDER TOLERANCE 0.1
FOR SHEET 4 to 8mm TOLERANCE 0.2
THIRD
THIS INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND REMAINS THE
11-10-19
A
B
B
B
CA
A
A
A
C
Firebrick Retainer
Bevelled edge
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236460 - C
Table B - Firebricks
Designation Width Length
A 155 310
B 175 250
C 205 310
Figure 5
(Note Identication shown above bricks are as
labeled on supplied boxes).
Figure 6
!WARNING
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITHOUT READING AND
UNDERSTANDING THESE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY. FAIL-
URE TO OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE CORRECTLY MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO
THE APPLIANCE OR RESULT IN A FLUE FIRE.
Features and operating methods of the Jindara Townsend are not typical of
all wood heaters. As such it is imperative that you read and understand these
instructions, and operate the heater accordingly. Failure to do so is likely to
result in poor performance of the unit, and may present a safety risk to the
user.
Read these instructions
Building your Fire
Place a relighter in the bottom of the rebox near the centre, then place a large amount of dry kindling in a criss-cross
pattern, such that the pile is at least half the height of the rebox. Kindling pieces should be around 2cm thick, and
around 25cm long. On top of the kindling, place 3-4 larger wood pieces, around 6cm thick and 25cm long. Building your
re in this manner ensures that it will get going quickly and provide you with warmth sooner. Attempting to light a re
with small quantities of kindling will more than likely generate excessive smoke and prolong the start-up process.
Lighting your Fire
Ensure that both air slides on the door are fully open (to the right). Ignite the relighter you have placed underneath the
kindling, and close the door once ignition has begun.
Do not leave the door ajar to get the re going as you would with some other heaters; the upper and lower air inlets will
only draw correctly when the door is fully closed.
After around 20 minutes or once the re is established, close the lower air slide (slide the knob to the left) and adjust
the upper air slide position to suit your desired heat output from the re. DO NOT LEAVE THE LOWER AIR SLIDE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE BURN CYCLE.
On the initial re up you may detect smoke coming from the paint nish, and from any oils that may be impregnated in
the steel of the rebox. This is normal. It is suggested to well ventilate your home on the initial re up. During the initial
re up, the upper air slide should only be opened to half way and the lower air slide should be fully closed, once the re
has been established. Please refer to our instructions on “Paint Curing & Care” on page 1.
Operating your Jindara Townsend Wood Heater
!WARNING
Air slide operation
DO NOT LEAVE THE LOWER AIR SLIDE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE BURN
CYCLE. REFER TO SECTION “LIGHTING YOUR FIRE” (BELOW) FOR CORRECT
OPERATING PROCEDURE.

Townsend Freestanding Townsend Freestanding7 8
Installation (continued)
Flue and chimney requirements
The ue pipe shall extend not less than 4.6m above the top of the oor protector.
Note: Installation must be carried out by a licensed installer in accordance with AS/NZS 2918:2018.
6000mm 3000mm
3000mm 1000mm
min if clear
within
3000mm of
top
Increase from
1000mm min
until clear
within 3000mm
of top
600mm min
More than 3000mm
600mm min
More than 3000mm
or less
3000mm
or less
Increase as
necessary
until
nothing
within
6000mm of
top
Any nearby
structure
3000mm
Flue pipe casing
Flashing
3 x diameter
from active to
heat sensitive
surface
Batten
Flue
pipe
Flashing
Flue pipe casings
Heat sensitive roof
25mm
25mm
25mm
Flue pipe
Gap 25mm
Gap 25mm
Batten
Ceiling
Ceiling Plate
See clause 4.6.3(a) of AS/NZS 2918:2018
25mm
12mm
25mm
150mm dia
Rafter
See clause 4.8 of AS/NZS 2918:2018
Figure 6
Figure 8
Figure 7
REFERENCE : AS2918:2018 FIGURE 4.9 - MINIMUM HIGHT OF FLUE SYSTEM
REFERENCE : AS2918:2018 FIGURE 4.6 - TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF
A SLOPED PENETRATION FOR AN UNTESTED FLUE-SYSTEM
REFERENCE : AS2918:2018 FIGURE 4.8 - EXAMPLE OF ROOF
PENETRATION
Installation (continued)
Fitting the Door
The cast iron door of your JindaraTownsend is attached to your heater with two hinges. Excercise caution when handling
the door assembly, as it is bulky and heavy. Fitment is as follows:
1. Stand the door up so that is vertical, in the same orientation that it will be tted to the heater.
2. Hold the door at 45 - 90 degrees from the door opening, positioning the hinges over the hinge pins of the rebox.
3. Lower the door so that the hinges locate on the hinge pins, ensuring that you do not let go until you are certain
that the hinges are correctly located.
Removal of the door is carried out in reverse order of installation.
Final Inspection Prior to Use
Before lighting the rst re in your Jindara Townsend, check the following list of items to ensure that your heater will
perform correctly, and safely:
• Ensure Lower and Upper Baes are correctly and securely tted.
• Ensure that the rebricks are installed correctly with their retainer.
• Ensure the door is correctly tted, and that the door catch can be engaged/disengaged as required.
• Check that both the upper and lower air slides can be operated within their full range.
• Check that the door seals are in place and tting correctly.