HORIZON – Installation and Operation Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENT
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................ 6
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Safety Information ............................................................................................................................. 6
1.1
Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings .................................................... 6
2
General Information .......................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
Appliance performance
(1)
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2.2
General features ................................................................................................................................. 9
2.3
Measurements .................................................................................................................................. 10
2.4
Zone heating and how to make it work for you ............................................................................... 12
2.5
The benefits of low emissions and high efficiency ........................................................................... 12
2.6
The SBI commitment to you and the environment .......................................................................... 12
2.6.1
What is your new fireplace made of? ............................................................................................ 13
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Fuel ................................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1
How to prepare or buy good firewood ............................................................................................. 14
3.1.1
What is good firewood? ................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.2
Tree species ................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.3
Log length ..................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.4
Piece size ....................................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.5
How to dry firewood ..................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.6
Judging firewood moisture content .............................................................................................. 16
3.2
Manufactured logs ............................................................................................................................ 16
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Operating Your Fireplace ................................................................................................................. 17
4.1
Your first fires ................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2
Lighting fires ..................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2.1
BEST PRACTICE: The top down fire ................................................................................................ 17
4.2.2
Conventional fire starting ............................................................................................................. 17
4.2.3
Two parallel logs ........................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.4
Using fire starters .......................................................................................................................... 18
4.3
Maintaining wood fires ..................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.1
General advice ............................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.2
Ash removal .................................................................................................................................. 19
4.3.3
Raking charcoal ............................................................................................................................. 19
4.3.4
Firing each new load hot ............................................................................................................... 19
4.3.5
Shutting down the air supply ........................................................................................................ 20
4.3.6
Building different fires for different needs .................................................................................... 22
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Maintaining Your Wood Heating System .......................................................................................... 24
5.1
Fireplace maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 24
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