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Cut logs sizes to suit the size of the stove you are
going to burn them on.
You will not be able to burn wood properly until you
have built up at least 30mm of wood ash on top of
the wood grate, this can take two to three days of
burning to build up, when it has, riddle with care as
you can soon riddle it away.
You will find that when you are wood burning you
will only have to empty the ash pan once a week, if
that.
When re fuelling a wood stove always leave at least
30mm of ashes in the grate, carefully stack fresh
logs onto the ashes but not too many, re fuel in line
with our instructions a little and often.
Burning green or wet wood will mean increased fuel
consumption, reduced heat output and excessive
tarring of the chimney.
Take great care with very dry fuel such as
compressed wood waste, peat briquettes or kiln
dried timber, if the stove is excessively loaded
with these fuels it can race away and over fire, it is
better to mix these fuels with other fuels or use
them sparingly.
2. About Coal Burning.
Coal burns in different phases of combustion.
Phase one is long flame combustion where air has to
be supplied though a grate, during this phase
masses of tar and volatiles are burned off from the
coal and masses and masses of air is required to
allow this to happen. In its next phase of
combustion, the fuel then burns like coke with
short flame incandescence.
You can burn house coal on your Bubble stove but it
must be 50mm doubles or trebles in size and it
must be placed onto an established hot fire, throw
the shovel away and use tongs to load it.
Do not put more than two x 50mm single pieces
on at any one time otherwise the door glass will
soot up and the chimney will smoke.
Load the fresh fuel to the back of the stove and
give the stove plenty of air through the over fire
and under fire controls.
3. About Hard Coke.
It is possible to burn coke on a Corner Bubble on a
boat but you have to experiment with the air
controls and building up the fire during the evening.
You will have to use the long chimney extension, as
you will not be able to maintain enough chimney
vacuum without it.
4. About Fuels Generally.
Do not use Petro Coke on Bubble Stoves, if you
do it will invalidate the warranty and cause
damage to the grate, grate frame, stove glass
and could damage the stove beyond repair.
If you are unsure about petro-coke ask your
supplier to confirm that what he is selling you
does not contain it.
Do not use the stove without the front fret
fitted correctly see sec7-2.
There is a large variety of solid fuel available for
use on solid fuel stoves however because the stove
is designed for use on boats we recommend the use
of large type solid fuel such as -:
•
Furnacite.
Furnacite is good and stays in well.
Established fires will run on air wash only.
•
Coalite.
Coalite burns with plenty of clean flames and is
very easy to light.
•
Homefire.
Homefire is hexagonal shaped fuel which works well
with minimum chimney draft.
•
Homefire E Coal.
This is a fuel supplied by CPL
0800 1953 755.
It stays in for a long period of time and has proven
to be quite good for corner stoves.
Established fires will run on air wash only.
•
House coal – use large pieces typically called
trebles and load it in single pieces only.
•
Do not put coal on to a fire which is almost
out.
Anthracite is difficult to get going but burns with
little ash and gives off lovely wispy blue flames, it
is difficult to keep in for long periods because it
needs a constant steady chimney vacuum which is
not available on a boat chimney.
