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De-Ashing
During stove use, whilst burning anthracite or a mix of wood and anthracite,
from time to time the riddler must be used to remove ash ensuring airflow
through the fire bed and allowing the fire to burn over the whole grate. The
riddling knob is located on the right hand side of the stove. The supplied stove
tool must be used to turn this knob. Placing the ‘spanner’ end of the tool over
the knob, rotate the tool clockwise and anti-clockwise – back and forwards until
the fire shows signs of more air reaching un-burnt fuel. Do not force this
mechanism if it becomes very hard to move – there may be some debris caught
in the grate – if this is the case, carefully open the stove and using a poker in a
gloved hand, gently agitate the fuel bed.
Recommended Fuels
Please
note that HETAS Ltd Appliance Approval only covers the use of wood logs
and approved smokeless fuels on this appliance. HETAS Ltd. Approval does not
cover the use of other fuels either alone or mixed with the recommended fuels
listed above, nor does it cover instructions for the use of other fuels
Wood -
Only kiln-dried or well-seasoned wood with a moisture content reading
of less than 18% is recommended. A moisture meter is a handy device to have
and is available from your supplier. As a rule-of-thumb, wood seasons at about
1” (25mm) per year, so a log split such that along its length no dimension is
greater than 3” (75mm), it would take about 3 years to dry. A dry log will
produce up to four and a half times more heat output than a freshly cut log.
Wet logs take heat to dry.
Other Solid Fuel –
“Authorised” fuels include anthracite large nuts, smokeless
briquetted fuel, ie. Ancit, Phurnacite, Taybrite, Homefire Ovals suitable for
closed appliances.
Smokeless Briquetted Fuel –
Only
burn smokeless briquettes that are <2%
sulphur content, these will be labelled up as “HETAS approved” or “DEFRA
authorised for use in a smoke control zone”. Cheaper smokeless briquettes are
oil based and have a much higher sulphur content than the approved briquettes,
