User manual WANDERS SOLEA ELEGANCE GAS DIMENSIONS

[. . . ] This will guarantee that your woodstove has a long life. The first part of this user's guide gives you tips and directions about how to use your wood-burning stove correctly and safely. We advise you to read this manual thoroughly before using your new stove and to keep the manual in a handy place. Your installer may need the manual for the yearly maintenance of your fireplace. [. . . ] Do not put more than 3 to 4 kg of fuel in the stove at the time. Always use clean and cut logs, which have sufficiently dried. please see the above list for drying times. Wet wood does not burn well and gives heavy smoke emission. It may blacken the glass pane of your stove with soot and build up smut in the flue pipe. This may increase the risk of chimney fire. Fresh, moist wood contains about 50% moisture. Cleaved wood still contains 20% moisture after drying it for a year and moisture percentage will be decreased to 12 to 15% after drying it for two years. Dry wood gives nice flames and little or no smoke, and the fire will crackle when burning. Wet wood makes a hissing sound, gives much smoke and only small flames which Will considerably dampen the pleasure of burning your stove and the heat output. Do not put any paraffin-containing logs in your stove. The materials inside the stove may deform or crack as a result of sudden or great differences in temperature. Chimney with a proper draught warm air wants to ascend. It helps when the wind near the chimney mouth draws the air from the chimney. Fall wind may give the opposite effect and blow the air back into the chimney. Relatively cold foggy air may thwart proper draught in your chimney as does a long flue pipe with a rough inside and many bends. If the natural draught in your chimney is poor your installer can give you information about using a ventilator for your flue tube. An empty ash pan is important since the stove also draws in combustion air via the ash pan. Do not use any aggressive cleansing agents or abrasives. Do not touch the clean glass with your fingers. Do not use any aggressive cleaning agents or abrasives to maintain your stove. When the stove is not used Yearly maintenance chimney sweep every year; this is for safety reasons and any fire insurance. [. . . ] Discolouration can be caused when dust particles burn in the convection cover. to minimize the chance of cracks in stucco and discolouration we refer to the advice given for decorative hearths. Your installer can give you more information. Any complaints will be dealt with after the sales firm, the installer has filed a complaint and sent a copy of the purchase receipt with purchase date. [. . . ]