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8.9 WOOD
87.1
Fuel for the appliance must not be stored closer than the required clearances to combustibles (heat sensitive
material).
NEVER STORE WOOD IN THE ASH PAN COMPARTMENT.
Burn only dry, clean unpainted wood that has been seasoned. It produces more heat and less soot or creo-
sote. Freshly cut wood contains about 50% moisture while after proper seasoning only about 20% of the water
remains. As wood is burned, this water boils off consuming energy that should be used in heating. The wetter
the wood, the less heat is given off and the more creosote is produced. Dry fi rewood has cracks in the end of
the grain.
Both hardwood and softwood burn equally well in this appliance but hardwood is denser, will weigh more per
cord and burn a little slower and longer.
Firewood should be split, stacked in a manner that air can get to all
parts of it and covered in early spring to be ready for burning that
fall. Dry fi rewood has cracks in the
end grain.
Cut the wood so that it will fi t hori-
zontally, front to back, making for
easier loading and less of a likeli-
hood that the wood will roll onto the
glass.
DO’S
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Build a hot fi re.
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Use only dry wood.
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Several pieces of medium sized wood are
better than a few big pieces.
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Clean chimney regularly.
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Refuel frequently using medium sized wood.
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“Fine Tune” the air settings for optimum per-
formance.
DONT’S
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Take ash out immediately. Let it accumulate
to a depth of at least one inch. A good ash
layer provides for a longer lasting and better
burning fi re.
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Burn wet wood.
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Close the door too soon or damper down too
quickly.
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Burn one large log rather than two or three
smaller, more reasonably sized logs.
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Burn at continually “low setting”, if glass door
is constantly blackened. This means the fi re-
box temperature is too low.
THIS APPLIANCE IS DESIGNED TO BURN NATURAL WOOD ONLY. DO NOT BURN TREATED
WOOD, COAL, CHARCOAL, COLOURED PAPER, CARDBOARD, SOLVENTS OR GARBAGE. THIS
APPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN TESTED WITH AN UNVENTED GAS LOG SET. TO REDUCE RISK OF
FIRE OR INJURY, DO NOT INSTALL AN UNVENTED GAS LOG SET INTO THE APPLIANCE.
HIGHER EFFICIENCIES AND LOWER EMISSIONS GENERALLY RESULT WHEN BURNING AIR DRIED
SEASONED HARDWOODS, AS COMPARED TO SOFTWOODS OR TOO GREEN OR FRESHLY CUT
HARDWOODS.
BURNING WET UNSEASONED WOOD CAN CAUSE EXCESSIVE CREOSOTE ACCUMULATION. WHEN
IGNITED IT CAN CAUSE A CHIMNEY FIRE THAT MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS HOUSE FIRE.