Tiger Cub User manual

Solid Fuel Stoves Manual v177. Issued -
04/10/2019 (464)
LOW- MISSIONS SOLID
FU L H ATING STOV
Eco 2022 version
INSTALLATION AND OP RATING INSTRUCTIONS
L AV THIS DOCUM NT WITH TH HOUS HOLD R!
All Tiger Stoves exceed the safety and performance requirements of uropean Standards
Intermittent burning solid fuel roomheaters for installation with a single dedicated chimney.
Independently tested in 2019 by SGS Nederland BV, Arnhem nvironmental
Laboratory, C N Approved Laboratory No 0608
Fuel Wood Logs (Beech)
Test Standard EN 13240 (Sa ety & Per ormance)
EN16510-1 (Emissions)
Test Cycle 1x 0.75kg log every 0.75hrs
Settings Air slide closed
Flue Draught Pa (ins WG) 11
E iciency % 76%
Recommended Output Rating kW 4.0 kW
Mean Flue Gas Temp Rise ºC 264
Minimum air entry requirement 2200 mm²
Minimum Clearance to combustibles (allow
min 50mm clearance to non-combustibles)
500mm (150mm at rear with heat shield itted)
- but see urther instructions inside
Emissions as i
02=13%
NOx mg/m³ 101
CO % 0.05
CxHy mg(C)/m³ 29
Gas low g/sec 4.6
Smoke Emission mg/m³ 23mg/m³ (≈ 0.29 g/hr)
I declare that this in ormation is true, these products meet the requirements o Harmonised Standards and are it or sale.
Signed on behal o the manu acturer by Glyn Hughes, Design Engineer, at Winster, Derbyshire, England 4. Oct. 2019
Read these instructions! Use only recommended fuels!
This document, when completed by the installer, constitutes part o a 'Hearth Notice' or
purposes o Building Law. It must be le t with the householder and placed where it can easily
be ound.
INSTALLED AT LOCATION:
BY:
EMERGENCY CONTACT:
Flue Draught
measured on
commissioning:
Fuel used on
commissioning
I assert that this installation is sa e, has been lit and demonstrated to the householder,
con orms with current building regulations and with these instructions
SIGNED: DATE:
TO FIND A QUALIFI D INSTALL R, FU L SUPPLI R or CHIMN Y SW P, CONTACT:
UK: The Solid Fuel Association, 7 Swanwick Court, Al reton, Derbyshire DE55 7AS Tel:[phone] www.solid uel.co.uk
RoI: Irish Nationwide Fireplace Organisation, 162 Capel Street, Dublin 1 Tel:[phone] www. ireplace.ie
Distributed only by: Percy Doughty & Co, Imperial Point, Stone Hill Rd, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 9TN
Tel: [phone]
www.tiger-stoves.com
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(Shown with optional rear heat shield)

The Cub is a reestanding solid multi- uel heating stove.
INSTALLING a stove is a 'controlled service', the law expects
that it is either supervised by a quali ied installer or that the
building inspector is in ormed. Check with your local authority.
ASB STOS: Your stove does not contain asbestos, but take care
to avoid disturbing asbestos in an old installation.
W IGHT: Your stove is heavy (60kg) take great care when
moving it and ensure that the intended ireplace can support the
weight- consider itting a load distributing plate.
YOUR CHIMN Y, by becoming warm, makes the gas inside it
rise, pulling resh air into the stove to make it work. It must:
•Generate a draught in use o at least 12Pa (0.05ins wg)
•Be capable o withstanding the temperatures generated.
•Be absolutely incapable o leaking umes into the dwelling
This may commonly be achieved by it:
•Being at least 5m high. Terminating at least 1m above any roo
ridge.
•Being ree rom even the slightest crack or source o leakage.
•Having no bends sharper than 45º.
•Being swept and entirely ree o obstructions
•Being connected only to this one appliance.
•Being o thick masonry or otherwise highly insulated.
•Con orming to local building regulations.
•Having an internal cross-section pre erably never less than
125mm diameter, or more than 0.14m² (eg 375 x 375mm).
xceptionally, where 125mm lue is impractical, a 100mm
internal diameter lue may be used, which must be short,
straight, accessible at both ends or cleaning and completely
insulated. An adaptor to connect to 100mm lue is available.
Special rules apply where the lue passes through timber, thatch
or other vulnerable materials- take specialist advice.
Although it is possible to access the chimney through the stove,
it hatches to provide access i needed.
INSTALLATION
Typical installation (above) in masonry ireplace, shows a short
plain lue length (up to 50cm) completely and absolutely sealed
into oversize chimney with a 125mm diameter connecting lue
pipe.
There should be a hearth o incombustible material underneath
the stove, extending at least 250mm in ront and 125mm at each
side. Where these hearth dimensions are di icult to achieve, a
ready-made protective hearth is available.
Where the stove is to be itted
in a shed or other building, or
inland marine cra t, or
occasional use a short 125mm
or 100mm internal diameter
lue may be used, with the
proviso that the lue is:
•Substantially straight
•Insulated - to keep the
gases hot so that they rise
•At least 2m high
•Accessible rom both ends
or cleaning
•Protected against rain by a
cap
•Free rom risk o 'plume
grounding' where annoying
smoke is blown down into
neighbouring properties
Special care is needed to
protect vulnerable materials,
such as wood or plastic,
buildings, or cra t against ire.
There must be the correct ire
protection air-gap around lue
parts (see lue supplier's
instructions) where lue - even
insulated lue - passes through combustible materials such as a
wooden roo .
For marine installations - follow the detailed instructions on
a separate leaflet at www.soliftec.com/installation.htm
SAF CL ARANC S
This stove can get VERY hot -
hot enough to set ire to
combustibles such as carpet,
textiles, wood, glass- ibre (GRP),
paper, wallpaper, plastics,
urniture, clothing, cardboard,
plasterboard some distance
away. Under normal
circumstance, with good
ventilation the stove should be
itted at least 500mm away rom
combustible materials (700mm in
ront), on a non-combustible
hearth (temperature below is
<100°C so a light-duty hearth
can be used)
I the optional heat shield is
itted, the sa e distance to
combustibles can be reduced to
150mm rom the shield at the
rear
Clearance around at the back
and sides can be reduced to just
100mm where any combustible
materials are protected by either
(1) 150mm o solid masonry, or
(2) a protection panel o 45mm
calcium silicate foam board
with a 10mm air gap behind
AIR SUPPLY
Your stove needs air to breathe - there should be a permanent
resh air supply into the space in which it is installed equal to
about 550mm² or each kW o nominal output.
This degree o air can o ten be provided by leakage around door
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THIS APPLIANC B COM S EXTREMELY HOT
AND CAN PRODUC POISONOUS GAS S.
Take care to protect children or the infirm. The installer is
required to XACTLY follow these instructions and to
completely comply with all local, national and
international standards.

rames etc, especially in older buildings. It is commonly accepted
that this alone may su ice or appliances below about 5kW
output. It must be a matter or the judgement o the installer as to
whether an extra permanent air vent is required. Where extra air
is needed an Outside Fresh Air Kit is available - to provide correct
combustion air to the stove and a trickle o resh, pre-heated, air
to the room. An extractor an, or another uel-using appliance in
the same building, can remove this air.
CH CK TH INSTALLATION !
Whichever method o installation is used, It is imperative that: (1)
The route or gases rom the ire to the chimney terminal is
completely air-tight; even the tiniest gap or crack can spoil the
updraught. Seal all joins with ireproo cement and/or heatproo
rope. (2) It is possible to sweep the entire length- access doors
may be required. (3) The entire construction is o durable ireproo
materials. (4) Fit a CO alarm. Once installed, light the ire,
demonstrate it to the householder, draw their attention to the
warnings and maintanance requirements. Check that:
1) It burns controllably and does not emit umes to the room
2) The route or gases rom the stove to the chimney terminal is
completely airtight, unobstructed and able to be swept.
3) The entire construction is o durable ireproo materials.
4) Test the lue draught (hot), it should be at least 10Pa
LIVING WITH YOUR STOV
Every uel, chimney and condition o use is di erent. Only
experience will show which are the best settings or you.
LIGHTING I lighting a ter a period o non-use, do check that the
lueways and chimney are completely clear. (1) Empty the
ashpan and move the air slide beneath the door to the right. (2)
Place two or three irelighters close together, or screwed-up
paper covered with very thin, very dry
sticks in the centre o the grate, and light
them. (3) When they are burning well, as
the lames die down, gently add dry uel.
(4) Don't over- ill (see diagram). To
minimise smoke emission, don't fully
close the door until the fuel is well
alight and flaming with a bright flame.
With wood logs, this normally takes
about 45 seconds. When the ire is
burning well, irmly close the door and
adjust the control.
CH CK FOR SMOK : Apart rom a
little, mostly harmless steam, when cold
and irst lit, there should barely be any visible smoke rom the
chimney. How to achieve this will depend on the uel, air control
and the way you use the stove. Check the enclosed Smoke
Lea let, or download an extra copy
rom www.tiny.cc/TigerCub2
CONTROL How ast the ire burns
depends on how much air reaches
the uel. The stove has just one air
control, below the window Move the
slide to the right or highest output, to
the le t or 'low'. The control gets very
hot, so move it only with the handle
supplied. With wood logs, best
combustion, once the ire is hot, is
o ten with the door control ully 'low'
(le t) and heat output adjusted by how o ten and how much uel is
added. The best settings or you will be ound rom experience.
MPTYING ASH S Stir the ire with a poker. Use the angled
ashpan tool to li t out the ashpan. Remember to let ash cool
be ore disposing in plastic sacks or dustbins. There is no need to
empty every last speck, but ash rom mineral uels should never
be allowed to build up so that it comes into contact with the
underside o the grate.
XT ND D BURNING Allow the ire to burn down to a low, hot
irebed. Empty the ash and ully ill with hard uel such as
anthracite (c30mm size is best). Set the air control to 'low' and
your stove can burn or up to ten hours without attention.
K PING TH WINDOW CL AN Simply operating the stove or
a ew minutes at high output will o ten burn-o any deposits le t
by tarry or wet uels. Severe stains can be removed when cold
with a domestic bleach cleaner. The window is not glass but a
transparent ceramic, it may develop tiny hairline cracks, these are
harmless, and a characteristic o the toughest and most heat-
resistant material known. Reduce the risk o staining by using
only very dry uel.
OP NING TH DOOR This stove is designed to be operated
only with the door closed. Open the door very slowly to minimise
ume emission and prevent hot uel alling out. Remember that
the whole stove becomes extremely hot.
SUMM R SHUT DOWN: Be ore a long period o non-use, empty
uel and ash, remove the throat plate and leave all the air control
open to allow ventilation to reduce condensation.
FU LS
Avoid dusty materials like sawdust, they burn ar too violently!
SMOK CONTROL: In certain areas special rules apply to
reduce smoke nuisance. Check with your local authority.
WOOD only emits as much carbon to the atmosphere as the tree
took in when growing, so wood is considered the 'carbon neutral'
uel. When wood is cut down its cells are ull o water. Burning
such wet or 'green' wood wastes heat in making steam and
produces lammable, acidic tars which will cling to, and rapidly
damage, your stove and chimney. Split logs will typically take two
years to become reasonably dry, round logs very much longer.
Cracks in the ends, a hollow sound when tapped and bark alling
away are all signs that a log may be ready or use. The ine, white
residue produced when wood burns is not ash, but the remains o
cell walls which can burn i kept hot enough, so don't de-ash the
ire until absolutely necessary when using wood.
For best per ormance, and always or low smoke emission:
Split logs lengthways or drying
• Use logs no bigger than about 100mm x 200mm
• Ensure logs are absolutely dry (less than 20% moisture)
• Fill the stove criss-cross, so air can circulate between logs.
• Fill 'little and o ten'
• When irst lighting, or reviving a ire rom embers, use only very
small, thin, dry, sticks.
JOIN RY WAST Dry wood o cuts will burn well, but don't
expect so twood waste to burn as cleanly or or as long as
hardwood logs.
Other uels:
P AT: Sod tur must be thoroughly dry. BNM peat briquettes are
approved or use in Smokeless Zones in the RoI.
LIGNIT (not smokeless) is a natural mineral, between peat and
coal. It lights easily and burns well, but produces much ash
HOUS COAL or BITUMINOUS COAL (not smokeless) makes
lots o tarry smoke and large volumes o lammable gas which
make it di icult to control and risk explosions. Despite its low
cost, it rarely represents value or money. Don't use housecoal.
ANTHRACIT (Smokeless) is a natural hard, shiny orm o coal.
Slow to light, it can burn or very long periods with great heat.
Despite its high price-per-bag it generally works out to be one o
the cheapest o all uels. Use the 'small nuts' size.
BRIQU TT S Are compressed blocks o uel, generally able to
burn or long periods and remarkable or their consistency.
Beware! Some 'smokeless' 'ovoids' contain excess sulphur and
will damage your stove. Use only approved products.
P TROL UM COK 'Petcoke', 'Longbeach' is made rom oil, it
should never be used, it will rapidly degrade interior parts.
HOUS HOLD WAST S Some plastics give o toxic umes when
burned and remember that batteries and aerosols explode! The
stove is not an incinerator, so only ever use the recommended
uels and NEVER use liquid uels in any orm.
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PROBL MS?
Problems like those listed here are usually due to some di iculty
with the installation, chimney or uels, so please check back
through this lea let care ully. I necessary seek specialist advice.
SMOK FROM TH CHIMN Y It is quite normal or a little
smoke to be emitted rom the chimney when the ire is cold. Use
only VERY dry wood or smokeless uels and ollow the 'Lighting'
and 'Smoke' instructions above. A stove will only operate
smokelessley with a lue draught o 10Pa or more This draught is
generated by the chimney being su iciently tall and very hot
inside. Is the lue clear and properly insulated?
DAMAG D LIN RS The Cub stove gets very, very hot inside, it
is quite usual or the replaceable liners to crack or craze. They
need only be replaced when they have almost completely
disintegrated. Help them last longer by using only very dry uel.
POOR H AT OUTPUT: A stove can heat a typical room o about
12m³ volume or each kW o output, so a 5kW model can heat up
to (12 x 5) 63m³, a room o about 5m square. The actual size
depends on the insulation and air-change ratio o the room. To
attempt to heat a larger room will result in excessive uel
consumption and damaging overheating.
LACK OF CONTROLLABILITY Wood and some other uels may
burn excessively until the gases in them have been used up. You
can reduce this e ect by making sure that the ire is set to 'low'
or a while be ore re uelling and checking that the door seals ully
DIFFICULTY BURNING FOR XT ND D P RIODS I the ire
goes out with uel still in the irebox, then this is probably because
too little air has been reaching it, try leaving the air control open a
little more. Check that the door seals are sound and that there
are no cracks or gaps anywhere in the lue. For longest burning,
we recommend hard uels such as anthracite.
COND NSATION onto cool sur aces inside the stove can be
severe i uel is in any way damp. Use only very dry fuel.
OV R-FIRING: It is possible to leave the ire too long with the
control set too high leading to 'over iring', seen as glowing metal
parts, excessive chimney temperature and risk o parts ailing or
chimney ires. Always set control to the lowest practical setting.
SMOK COMING INTO ROOM Fumes are poisonous- smoke
emission must NEVER be tolerated, causes might be:
NEW STOVE: There is o ten a smell and sometimes visible
umes as the paint cures. This normally stops a ter an hour or so.
INADEQUATE SEALS: Are all lue pipes and connectors
absolutely gas-tight? Even the tiniest crack or gap can spoil the
draught. Does an inset appliances ully seal against the ireplace?
BLOCKED THROAT PLATE: Has soot and ash collected on the
'throat plate' above the inner back part o the irebox?
UNSUITABLE, BLOCKED OR UN-SWEPT CHIMNEY: The irst
requirement or correct operation is a sound chimney. Check the
requirements earlier in this document and in any case o doubt
engage a pro essional sweep or chimney engineer.
POOR AIR SUPPLY: Lack o air to the ire may cause smoking
and poor per ormance, and may be worse in certain wind
conditions where air can be sucked out o the room. The optional
Outside Fresh Air Kit will usually provide a complete answer.
DOWNDRAUGHT: Wind can blow down a chimney i there is
something higher nearby such as a tree, hill or high building.
Fitting an anti-downdraught cowl to the chimney top can cure this.
Types which cannot be swept through are not recommended.
POOR CHIMNEY DRAUGHT- Chimney draught in use MUST be
at least 10Pa. Is the lue straight enough? Tall enough? Well
insulated and always very hot inside?
CHIMN Y FIR : In the rare event o deposits inside the chimney
igniting (roaring sound + dense smoke and sparks rom the
chimney) immediately close the door, shut all air control and call
the ire brigade. Prevent ires by using very dry fuel and having
your chimney swept regularly.
MAINT NANC
MONTHLY- With the ire cold, remove, care ully check that there
is no blockage above the throat (ba le) liner (2 in the diagram
below) and that the route o lue gases is clear and unblocked,
and that the door seals are sound.
ANNUALLY- SW P TH CHIMN Y The entire length o the
chimney rom stove to outlet should be swept annually, more
o ten i smoky uels are used.
N W PARTS Your stove has been care ully tested or sa ety -
please don't try to modi y it and always get genuine spare parts.
SURFAC FINISH Wipe the stove body with a slightly damp cloth
when cool. NEVER use aerosol spray or wax near the hot ire –
they can ignite. Re urbishment paint is available.
Your stove generates V RY high temperatures. Eventually the
internal parts will require replacement . Help parts to last by:
• Using only recommend, very dry, uels.
• Emptying the ash very regularly when using mineral uel -never
allow it to touch the underside o the grate.
• Avoiding 'over- iring'
PARTS AND ACC SSORI S
When ordering parts, you have the 'Cub 2022' or 'Tiger Cub 2022' Stove
Tiger spares Tel: [phone]
Replaceble Parts
1Replaceable Lining - Rear
2Throat (ba le) Liner
3Hinge Pin
4Replaceable Lining, le t or right
5Window
6Door catch Assembly
7Ashpan
8Grate
9Touch-up paint, black
10 Rope seal kit
11 Tool
Optional xtra Parts
12 Protective hearth or wooden loors
& marine use
13 Adaptor to 100mm diameter lue
14 Optional Heat Shield Kit
15 Longer Legs (add 115mm to
standard leg height)
16 Outside Fresh Air Supply kit, its to
heat shield (meets UK/RoI Doc.J)
Cub Stoves are a truly international product - designed and developed in England, tested in The Netherlands. They are cast using Australian
iron and assembled in China and the UK rom components manu actured in Japan, China, the USA and the UK
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The Tiger stove designs are registered at the UK Patent O ice and protected by Copyright ©, Patent and UK Design Right , Glyn Hughes 2006-2019.
This document printed 04/10/2019. We are always striving to improve these products and may change their speci ication without notice.