User manual WANDERS WANDECO 2000 SCHEMATICS

[. . . ] Only the best materials are used for the construction and comply with current international standards. 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. [. . . ] It is also prohibited to burn plastics and other waste matter due to poisonous smoke development. It is advisable to wait six weeks before lighting the stove in a newly-built house that has recently been completed, or in a space that has recently been renovated drastically. the walls and ceilings still contain gases , softeners and moisture from plasterwork or paint. The warm air-streams may discolour the dust particles in the space which may stick to walls and ceilings. Even the moisture in the walls and ceilings will become warm and may cause yellow stains. 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. Frame to let the wood dry from underneath and to prevent the lower logs from being in contact with water. The materials inside the stove may deform or crack as a result of sudden or great differences in temperature. It is advisable to leave an ash layer of two to three centimetres. Clean the exterior of the stove with a damp cloth that does not give off fluff. Do not use any aggressive cleansing agents or abrasives. Clean the cold glass pane with a cleaning agent for ceramic cooking rings. Do not touch the clean glass with your fingers. Oil the hinges and the door fastener once in a while. Do not use any aggressive cleaning agents or abrasives to maintain your stove. When the stove is not used · Close all doors and air inlets in summer season · Have your chimney properly cleaned by a qualified chimney sweep every year; this is for safety reasons and any fire insurance. Have the flue gas outlet and the combustion air supply of the double-walled flue tube system checked for airtightness every year. Have the complete tube system checked every year; this includes the roof or wall ducts and the outlet just outside the wall. [. . . ] The air supply opening must be closable if it goes through a fire-resistant wall. When there are several combustion devices in the same space there must be enough air openings to guarantee proper combustion. Check whether the floor on which the stove is placed, or the wall to which the stove is fixed, can carry this weight without problem. You must follow the directions given in de previous chapter on `Preparation" before installing the stove. [. . . ]