barbas UNILUX-6, Instructions For Use & Maintenance Manual

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UNILUX-6  265 Left/Right

Instructions for use

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of this modern Barbas appliance. 

This quality product will provide you with many years of enjoyment due to the fl ame 
effect and warmth that it provides.

The Barbas Unilux-6 265 Left and the Barbas Unilux-6 265 Right have been 
recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when burning wood logs.
The appliance, when sold into the UK market, include a factory-installed modifi ed air 
slider to ensure compliance with smoke emission requirements within smoke control 
areas.

Study this manual carefully before using the fi replace. We recommend you keep this 
manual in a safe place for reference purposes.
The pictures in this Installation Instructions are made from a variant of this appliance. 
Although the dimensions of the appliance on the pictures may differ from reality, the 
actions and instructions shown are fully valid for the appliance described here.

See the “Instructions for use” for the operation of the appliance
The “Instructions for use” is provided separately by the appliance.

“The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas”

Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of 
the authority to be a smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney 
of a building, from a furnace or from any fi xed boiler if located in a designated smoke 
control area. It is also an offence to acquire an “unauthorised fuel” for use within a 
smoke control area unless it is used in an “exempt” appliance (“exempted” from the 
controls which generally apply in the smoke control area).

In England appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Secretary of State 
in accordance with changes made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by 
section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015. 
In Scotland appliances are exempted by publication on a list by Scottish Ministers under 
section 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
In Northern Ireland appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Department 
of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under Section 16 of the Environmental 
Better regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.  
In Wales appliances are exempted by regulations made by Welsh Ministers.   

Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here: 
https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules 

Your local authority is responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including 
designation and supervision of smoke control areas and you can contact them for 
details of Clean Air Act requirements.