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(It is illegal to place any un-shielded valves
on a solid fuel heating circuit we give advice
in 5 as a precautionary exercise.)
After you have checked as above proceed as
follows-:
Light a small fire and build it up slowly.
Keep an eye on the progress of the heat out of the
appliance through the system.
Heat will build up in the water and force the water
to expand and push itself around the system.
Getting heat into the system is a slow and steady
job, you must be patient and let it push through the
system slowly.
Once heat is back returning into the appliance the
system will gather momentum and circulation will
proceed faster.
At this stage it will then be possible to build the
fire up a little as the heating circuit will be able to
dissipate the increasing volume of heat production
from the stove.
If the stove is brought up to temperature too
quickly there could well be some water lost through
the feed and expansion tank.
4. NOTE WELL.
When you are lighting a stove from cold there will
be a build up of condensates on the boiler surfaces
and this can build up to be quite a lot of moisture.
As soon as the return water gets warm this
condensation will stop, if the return water does not
get hot condensation may well stream from the
appliance.
5. Pumped Systems.
If the system is designed as a pumped system you
will have to keep the circulating pump running whilst
the stove is alight.
You must go through this checking procedure
before lighting the stove.
•
The feed and expansion tank is topped up to
the specific level.
The system installer must advise you on this point
•
The system is free from entrapped air.
The installer will tell you where the air vents are
located.
•
Turn the water-circulating pump on and make
sure that it is running.
The installer will tell you where the pump switch is
located.
•
When you have turned the pump on make
sure that you have enough power in your
batteries or electrical system to keep the
pump running all the time that the stove is
under fire.
•
Check that the chimney is free from
obstruction and the long extension is fitted.
•
Check that the inners of the stove are
correctly fitted in place.
(Baffle, grate assembly and firebricks.)
Light a small fire and build it up slowly.
Heat will build up in the water and the system will
slowly come up to temperature.
At this stage it will then be possible to build the
fire up a little more.
If the stove is brought up to temperature too
quickly there could well be some water lost through
the feed and expansion tank or safety valve,
replace this water when the system has settled
down.
When the fire has settled down, adjust the air
control as desired to give the temperature
required.
Note if the circulating pump fails, hot water may
expand out of the feed and expansion tank and also
out of the safety valve.
Take great care if this happens as the water will be
up to boiling temperature and if there is a big fire
in the stove, may soon turn to steam.
Open the front door of the stove and allow it to
cool down as quickly as possible.
Always have a pair of tongues available near to the
appliance.
Using the tongues, remove the hot embers as
quickly as possible and place them in a suitable
ashcan which must be standing on fireproof
material.
