User manual WANDERS SOLEA MADERA

[. . . ] Dear Client, Congratulations on your new wood-burning stove, which will be a comfortable source of heat to enjoy for many years on end. Your stove is equipped with an automatic thermostat valve to regulate optimum air intake. This will reduce the chance of overheating while guaranteeing fascinating flame patterns. With its compact size, the Solea can be placed in the middle of the room or close to the wall. [. . . ] The materials inside the stove may deform or crack as a result of sudden or great differences in temperature. If you want to temper the fire, first close the valve in the flue tube and then close the air supply. You can use all kinds of woods as fuel as long as it is clean, split and dry. Hardwood like oak, beech and birch burn slowly, give off much heat and form charcoal easily. Softer woods like spruce, fir and poplar give more flames but less heat and less charcoal. The best place to store timber is in a windy spot but sheltered from the rain. This is how the logs can dry in a natural way. Pile the logs on an old pallet or a frame to let the wood dry from underneath and to prevent the lower logs from being in contact with water. When the chimney is right it will not distribute any smoke into your room, leave any deposit on the glass pane or create bad combustion. Before starting the installation of the stove, your installer or a qualified chimney sweep must check whether the chimney flue has a diameter of at least 50 millimetres over the entire length, and whether the channel is clean, smooth and leak-proof. 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. All WANDERS' stoves are designed so that they give a maximum output. A well-lit wood-burning stove can produce a yield of about 75%. This means that you need less wood for the same amount of heat. moreover , a well-lit stove produces less smoke pollution. Below are a few tips to give you optimum pleasure: · For a regular combustion, close the grate shaker when the stove is fuelled with wood. Always burn your stove with its door closed; this will improve the output within 8 to 0 times. When the door of the stove is open, the chimney will draw more air than is needed for proper combustion. [. . . ] Keep at least a distance of 80 cm between the stove and combustible objects such as curtains, wooden objects (cupboards and paintings) and glass objects. Keep the same distance from the flue tube. Wooden construction parts within the radiation range of the stove (80 cm from the exterior of the stove) must be covered with fireproof material. If the flue tube goes through a ceiling and/or roof that consist of flammable materials, the ceiling and the roof must be covered with fireproof materials all around (about 80 cm). [. . . ]