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Congratulations on your new
Tulikivi Green P10 pellet system!
Your Tulikivi fireplace includes the Tulikivi Green P10 pellet sys-
tem. This is the operating manual for the pellet system. When
using firewood instead of pellets, you must follow the relevant
instructions in the Tulikivi fireplace operating manual.
initial Use oF tHe FirePlaCe
Instructions on curing and initial use of your Tulikivi fireplace are
provided in the fireplace operating manual. Please follow the in-
structions carefully. The first few times you use the fireplace,
you should burn only firewood.
Do not close the damper and air intake vents too soon, as this
could lead to the accumulation of dangerous carbon monoxide!
The fireplace is not designed for burning rubbish or other waste,
and you should never use liquid fuel, even when lighting the fire.
installinG tHe Pellet system
Remove the firewood grate from the fireplace (Picture 1). If your
fireplace is a Tulikivi Group 1 fireplace, remove the air deflector
as well (Picture 2). Put the pellet grate in place (Picture 3). Note
the position of the grate: in Group 1 fireplaces, the grate slopes
backwards (Picture 4), and in Group 2 fireplaces the grate slopes
forwards (Picture 5).
Remove the warning label attached to the pellet guide. Install the
pellet guide at the front edge of the firebox (Picture 6). If you have
the Valkia 2D fireplace, install the pellet guide on both sides (Pic-
ture 7). If your pellet system includes a sealing strip, insert it in
the gap between the door frame and the pellet guide (Picture 8).
IGNITION AND COMBUSTION
Before lighting the fire, ensure that the grate is clean and that
the ash box is empty. When the fire is burning, keep the ash box
in place and the maintenance door closed. For safety reasons,
do not handle the ash until it has cooled.
If the ash box has a primary air lever, check that this is in the
closed position (Picture 9). Fully open the damper and the main-
tenance door’s air control lever (Pictures 10 and 11). If you have
a cooker hood or other mechanical ventilation system, switch
these off before lighting the fire.
You should also ensure that the flue draught is adequate if the
fireplace has not been used for a long time. To do so, crumple
up a piece of paper into a loose ball, place it on the grate and
light it, then close the fireplace door. If there are distinct, verti-
cal flames, the flue draught is sufficient. If there is insufficient
draught, you can prime the flue with warm air by using a hair
dryer or fan heater, or by burning a small quantity of paper in
the soot hatch at the base of the fireplace.
Fill the grate funnel and the base of the firebox with room tem-
perature pellets (Picture 12). Use the accompanying table to
check the amount of pellets required. Do not fill the firebox
above the air gaps in the panels. Most fireplaces will take suffi-
cient pellets for a full heating cycle in one burn, and the fire will
burn nicely across the entire width of the firebox.
Make sure the pellets are evenly distributed in the firebox. Place
3 or 4 firestarter blocks at the back of the firebox, spacing them
equally and about 5 cm from the back wall (Picture 13). Press
them down so that they are level with the top layer of pellets to
ensure that the fire spreads evenly. Light the firestarter blocks.
There is no need to adjust the amount of combustion air while
the pellets are burning. The whirlbox and pellet grate are de-
signed to channel just the right amount of air to the combus-
tion process, ensuring that combustion is clean. During the final
stage, when the level of pellets has dropped to the lower edge
of the firebox panels, combustion can be intensified by open-
ing the ash box’s primary air lever (Picture 14). This allows more
combustion air to be channelled through the grate. If some pel-
lets remain around the edges of the grate funnel, knock them
onto the grate in the middle using a ash rake or other fireplace
tool (Picture 15).
Never add pellets to a hot firebox or on top of glowing or burn-
ing pellets (Picture 16).
Be especially careful at the end of the combustion process. Allow
the pellets to burn completely. Once the embers have died down,
check that there are no smouldering pellets in the ash box. Pel-
lets can often smoulder away, so stir up the ash to ensure that
there are no more smouldering pellets (Picture 17). Close the
damper only after you have done this.
Remember! Carbon monoxide is an odourless, tasteless and co-
lourless gas, so take special care.
During use, the firebox door and maintenance door should nor-
mally be kept closed. Exceptions to this are when lighting the
fire and when stirring up the embers at the end of combustion,
as described in these instructions.
The fireplace surfaces as well as the interior will get extremely
hot when the fire is burning and will remain so for a long time
afterwards. The fireplace’s surfaces are at their hottest about
2–3 hours after the fire has burnt out. For this reason, and to
prevent overheating, you must carefully follow the instructions
given in this operating manual.
Never add pellets on top of embers, and never store pellets in
a hot fireplace. The fireplace is not meant for storing pellets, as
they may gasify and ignite in a hot fireplace.
If you wish to continue heating the fireplace after using pellets,
you should switch to firewood. Do not overheat your fireplace.
The recommended firewood/pellet amounts for a single heat-
ing cycle must not be exceeded.
CleaninG tHe Pellet system
Clean the pellet grate regularly to avoid blocking the grate’s
vents. A soft metal brush is ideal for this (Picture 18).
Instructions on cleaning and maintenance of the fireplace are
given in the fireplace operating manual.