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THE CARA GLASS SOLID FUEL NON BOILER STOVE
INSTALLATION & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL
When installing, operating and maintaining your
Cara Stove respect basic standards of fire safety.
Read these instructions carefully before commenc-
ing the installation. Failure to do so may result in
damage to persons and property. Consult your local
Municipal office and your insurance representative
to determine what regulations are in force. Save
these instructions for future reference.
Please note that it is a legal requirement under
England & Wales Building Regulations that the
installation of the stove is either carried out under
Local Authority Building Control approval or is
installed by a Competent Person registered with a
Government approved Competent Persons
Scheme. HETAS Ltd operate such a scheme and a
listing of their Registered Competent Persons can
be found on their website at www.hetas.co.uk.
Special care must be taken when installing the stove
such that the requirements of the Health & Safety at
Work Act are met.
Handling
Adequate facilities must be available for loading,
unloading and site handling.
Fire Cement
Some types of fire cement are caustic and should
not be allowed to come into contact with the skin. In
case of contact with the skin wash immediately with
plenty of water.
Asbestos
This stove contains no asbestos. If there is a possi-
bility of disturbing any asbestos in the course of
installation then please seek specialist guidance and
use appropriate protective equipment.
Metal Parts
When installing or servicing this stove care should
be taken to avoid the possibility of personal injury.
“IMPORTANT WARNING”
This stove must not be installed into a chimney that
serves any other heating appliance.
The complete installation must be done in accor-
dance with current Standards and Local Codes. It
should be noted that the requirements and these
publications may be superseded during the life of
this manual.
Please refer to the current standards, BS EN 15287-
1:2007 Design, Installation and Commissioning of
chimneys. BS EN 14336:2004: Heating Systems in
Buildings. Installation & Commissioning of Water
Based Heating Systems. BS EN 12828: 2003;
Heating Systems in Buildings. Design of Water
Based Heating Systems. BS EN 12831: 2003;
Heating Systems in Buildings. method for
calculation of the design heat load.
PRE-INSTALLATION ASSEMBLY
After removing the stove from the packaging, open
the fire door and remove the loose packing. Prior to
installation all the internal components of the stove
are removed to gain access to fixings and to make it
lighter for installation.
Remove the refractory fire bricks, these bricks are
loose and just need to be lifted clear of the grate
support plate before they can be removed.
To remove the loose baffle, lift on right side and
move this up and to the right to give maximum clear-
ance at the opposite side to allow the baffle be low-
ered clear of the supporting ledge on the left hand
side casting.
Next, remove the grate by pushing it from under-
neath, the riddling bar is not fixed to the grate.
The cast iron side liners must be removed prior to
the fixed baffle, to remove the side liners lift the bot-
tom edge clear of the grate support and slide the
bottom edge towards the opposite side of the stove,
when the casting is moved to a diagonal position it
will be free to be lifted from the stove.
To remove the fixed baffle, loosen the two roof bolts,
support the baffle with one hand while removing the
L shaped brackets with the other hand, see Fig.1.
Your Cara Glass stove is supplied with the following
items:
• Ashpan
• Operating Tool
• Glove
• Side Bricks
• Clay Adaptor
• Rigid Pipe
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