2.12 Floor Protection
It is recommended that this appliance is installed on a solid, level, concrete base, a
non combustible hearth conforming to current Building Regulations must extend to
the front of the appliance.
3.0 User Manual
3.1 Choice of Fuel
Recommended fuel:
Wood
- Use hard wood logs.
Although you can fire this product with almost all kinds of wood, you should not fire
with wet wood, or unseasoned wood. Wood ought to be stored under a roof for at least
1 year, and preferably 2 years, with free access to wind. Wood should be chopped as
soon as possible after felling if it is to dry quickly. The wood can be used once the
moisture content is less than 20%. During the EN test, all stoves are tested with wood
with a moisture content of (16 ± 4)%.
- Hardwood has a higher calorific value as the same valume (oak, ash, maple, birch,
elm, beech, etc.).
-Pieces of wood with a diameter greater than 10 cm should always be chopped. The
pieces of wood should be short enough to be able to lie flat over the layer of embers,
with air at both ends. The maximum length of fuel in the stove no more than 40cm.
Recommended fuel:
Smokeless fuels
Smokeless fuels, including coolite nuts, phurnacite, ancit and extracite.
Not recommended as fuel
:
- “green wood”. Green or damp wood reduces stove efficiency and soils the glass, the
internal walls and the flue (soot, tar, etc.).
- “used timbers”. Burning treated wood (railway sleepers, telegraph poles, off cuts of
plywood or chip board, pallets, etc.) quickly clogs the flue ways (soot, tar, etc.),
pollutes the environment (pollution and smell, etc.) and cause the fire to burn too
quickly and overheat.
