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created. Obtain the advise of your fireplace installer or chimney sweep.

• Once the fire has started, shift the air supply lever as far to the right

(maximum air flow) as necessary . The fire must be provided with sufficient
combustion air to stabilize the draught, but not so much that the wood
burns away too quickly.

• As combustion begins to die back, do not be tempted to shift the actuating

lever too far to the left, as this can cause the column of stable air in your
chimney to collapse and the fire to smolder in the fireplace insert.

• If combustion air is closed off too soon, and if the embers are completely

covered when new firewood is added, this can cause explosive combustion
(i.e. an explosion)!

• To prevent the bed of embers piling up to high, the ash should carefully be

removed to prevent the grate from clogging up and to enable combustion
air to flow into the fire without obstruction.

4.2 OPER ATION WITH OPEN DOOR

• Open operating mode is only permitted if the fireplace unit was inspected

and approved for this purpose. The technical data in the installation man-
ual (separate attachment) provide this information.

• In acc. with BlmSchV (Bundes Immissions Schutz Verordnung) open fire

areas can only be operated in Germany on an occasional basis.

• Fireplace systems may only be operated in open mode when supervised, in

order to reduce the risk of fire due to flying sparks or hot embers.

• During open mode operation, only burn normal firewood, i.e. avoid conifer

wood that contains resin.

4.3 COMBUSTION AIR – RECIRCUL ATING AIR –
FRESH AIR

• The combustion air line must always be unobstructed.
• To prevent a buildup of heat in the device, the existing air outlet grilles or

openings must be clear and open when a fire is being lit.

• In the area of direct radiation from a fireplace insert,measured from the

front edge of the fire area opening and no objects made of combustible

materials must be set up (also refer to chapter ‘10 Technical Data’ in the
related installation manual for fireplace inserts).

• Objects made of combustible materials must not be placed on free sur-

faces of the fire area.

• No devices that generate a vacuum on the same floor / same combination

of rooms (e.g. extractor fans in the kitchen). This would entail a risk of
smoke ingress in the living room.

• Outside the area of direct radiation, do not place any combustible objects

or materials on the chimney cladding within a distance of 5 cm if the sur-
face temperature reaches or may reach >85 °C.

• Please note that any fireplace gets very hot indeed when in operation.

heat-resistant glove provided and the ‘cold hand’ operating handle.

• In Germany, all fireplaces must be operated in acc. with BlmSchV

legislation.

4.4 FIRE SAFET Y / IN THE FIREPL ACE

4.4.1 SPECIAL FIRE SAFET Y PRECAUTIONS REL ATING

TO FLOOR COVERINGS IN THE FIREPL ACE
VICINIT Y

Floor coverings that are not fireproof (e.g. carpets and parquet flooring etc.)
must be protected from spark emission using a covering made from non-flam-
mable materials (e.g. refractory glass, natural stone, tiles, slabs, marble,
granite or other mineral-based construction materials). If this material is
metal, it must be at least 1 mm thick.
The flooring must be fastened down and secured against sideward movement.

In front of fireplaces that are run with open combustion chamber door the

spark protection material needs to cover a sur face corresponding to the

height of the combustion chamber base above floor level ( H ) + 300mm

(minimum at least 500mm) to the front and the height of the combustion

chamber base above floor level ( H ) + 200mm (minimum at least 300mm)

to the side.

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