Installation instructions
Ensure that the floor has sufficient load bearing capacity.
Fit a load bearing plate if necessary.
To ensure that your chimney meets the required specifications it must: -
- be at least 5 metres high
- have no bends sharper than 45 degrees
- be swept clear of any obstructions by a qualified chimney sweep
- terminate at least 1 metre above any roof ridge
- have an internal cross-section of between 0.018m
2
and 0.14m
2
- be free from sources of leakage
- be connected only to the one appliance i.e. not a shared flue system
- be well insulated, or have a wall thickness of at least 100mm
Attach the legs using the bolts supplied. Place the stove on a solid non-combustible
hearth extending 300mm at the front of the stove, 150mm either side of the stove and
50mm at the rear. The hearth must have a thickness of at least 150mm. (Refer to
document J of the UK Building Regulations)
Minimum Installation Clearances
Side
(mm)
Rear
(mm)
Combustibles 700
1000
Non Combustibles 250
200
Ensure there is a permanent air entry opening or openings with a total free area of at
least 550mm2 per kW of appliance rated output above 5kW,
ie: 2kw x 550 mm2 =1100 mm2.
When installing any air inlet grilles ensure they are positioned so they are not liable to
blockage.
Note:
The Stove must not be installed in a room with an extractor fan operating.
Operating Instructions
Fuels suitable for use in your Carron Stove: -
Wood –
Logs
(200mm - 300mm)
should be dried for at least a year prior to
burning, for other fuels please contact the manufacturer. The stove is suitable for
intermittent operation and we recommend a refuel time of 1 hour.
When the stove is to be used in a smoke exempt zone, the secondary air controls must
be changed for the ‘SE’ type. These modified control plates ensure the required 4mm
air supply is maintained.
Lighting the stove for Woodburning –
please note that the first fire you light in your
stove should be small, with the air inlet set as low as possible. This will prevent possible
damage to the stove.
Place a small amount of screwed up paper and dry sticks, or several firelighters, at the
back of the grate, and light them. Once they are burning, fill the stove with dry fuel and
set the air control to as high as possible.
Do not fill the stove to a level higher than the bricks, and do not operate the stove with
the door open, except during refuelling.
Refuelling for wood burning -
When refuelling with wood, open both the primary and
secondary air for aproximately 5 minutes afterwards, or until the new fuel is well
alight, before closing to the desired settings.
Never leave the room until the new refuel charge is well alight
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 authority 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 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.
The Carron 11Kw Stove has been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control
areas when the secondary air control has been fixed to a minimum closure of 4mm
open and when burning wood logs.
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 requirements.
