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INSTALLATION & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL
When installing, operating and maintaining your
stove respect basic standards of fire safety. Read
these instructions carefully before commencing the
installation. Failure to do so may result in damage to
persons or property. Save these instructions for
future reference.
Special care must be taken when installing the stove
such that the requirements of the Health & Safety at
Work Act are met.
Any alteration that is not approved by AGA, could
invalidate the approval of the appliance, operation of
the warranty and could also affect your statutory
rights. Use only authorised replacement parts.
Handling
Adequate facilities must be available for loading,
unloading and site handling.
Fire Cement
Some types of fire cement are caustic and should
not be allowed to come into contact with the skin. In
case of contact with the skin wash immediately with
plenty of water.
Asbestos
This stove contains no asbestos. If there is a possi-
bility of disturbing any asbestos in the course of
installation then please seek guidance and use
appropriate protective equipment.
Metal Parts
When installing or servicing this stove care should
be taken to avoid the possibility of personal injury.
THE CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 AND SMOKE
CONTROL AREAS
The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas”
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may
declare the whole or part of the district of the author-
ity to be a smoke control area. It is an offence to emit
smoke from a chimney of a building, from a furnace
or from any fixed boiler if located in a designated
smoke control area. It is also an offence to acquire
an "unauthorised fuel" for use within a smoke control
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NOTE: Please note that it is a legal requirement
under England & Wales Building Regulations that
the installation of the stove is either carried out
under Local Authority Building Control approval or
is installed by a Competent Person registered with
a Government approved Competent Persons
Scheme. HETAS Ltd operate such a Scheme and
a listing of their Registered Competent Persons
can be found on their website at www.hetas.co.uk.
The installation must be completed in
accordance with current National and
European Standards and Local Codes. It
should be noted that the requirements and
these publications may be superseded during
the life of this manual.
IMPORTANT WARNING: This stove must not be
installed into a chimney that serves any other
heating appliance. There must not be an extrac-
tor fan fitted in the same room as the stove as
this can cause the stove to emit fumes into the
room.
area unless it is used in an "exempt" appliance
("exempted" from the controls which generally apply
in the smoke control area).
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs has powers under the Act to authorise
smokeless fuels or exempt appliances for use in
smoke control areas in England. In Scotland and
Wales this power rests with Ministers in the
devolved administrations for those countries.
Separate legislation, the Clean Air (Northern Ireland)
Order 1981, applies in Northern Ireland. Therefore it
is a requirement that fuels burnt or obtained for use
in smoke control areas have been "authorised" in
Regulations and that appliances used to burn solid
fuel in those areas (other than "authorised" fuels)
have been exempted by an Order made and signed
by the Secretary of State or Minister in the devolved
administrations.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean
Air Act can be found here :
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/
Your local authority is responsible for implementing
the Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and
supervision of smoke control areas and you can
contact them for details of Clean Air Act require-
ments”
The Shawbury stove has been recommeded for use
in smoke controlled areas when burning wood logs
only and fitted with a factory modified air control to
allow a minimum amount of combustion air when the
air controls are set at minimum.