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SECTION VI: NOTES ON PLACEMENT
The first challenge you may encounter is getting your stove into your home -- all of our stove
products are well constructed, which makes them rather heavy. Three to four adults can normally
handle a unit, but we still recommend using a handcart. Never attempt to handle a heating product
alone!!! The door and brick can be temporarily removed to lighten the unit (refer to Brick Layout).
After the unit is placed into position, install the spring handles and attach any optional equipment.
SECTION VII: OPERATION
Do not use a grate or elevate the fire. Build the wood fire directly on the bricks. When the
stove is used for the first time, solvents in the paint will smoke off as the stove “cures.”
WOOD –
This heater is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher efficiency and lower emissions
generally result when burning air-dried seasoned hardwood, as compared to softwood or to green
or freshly-cut hardwood.
Use only dry, seasoned wood. Green wood, besides burning at only 60 percent of the fuel
value of dry wood, deposits creosote on the inside of the stove and along the chimney. This can
cause extreme danger of chimney fire.
To be called “seasoned,” wood must be dried for a
year.
Regardless of whether the wood is green or seasoned, it should be stored in a ventilated,
sheltered area to allow proper drying during the year. Wood should be stored beyond
recommended clearances from combustibles.
DO NOT BURN:
Treated Wood, Garbage, Solvents, Trash, Cardboard, Colored Paper or Coal.
FIRST FIRE –
Remember to ventilate well.
Allow the stove to cure before burning for long periods of time at high temperatures.
Flat spots on the painted surface are normal.
Shiny spots on the painted surface (before burning) are normal.
Call Technical support at (800) 245-6489 if you have any questions.
SECTION VIII: BUILDING A FIRE
1.
Open the air inlet control fully.
2.
Place a small amount of crumpled paper in the stove.
3.
Cover the paper with a generous amount of kindling in a “teepee” shape, and a few small
pieces of wood.
4.
Ignite this fuel and close the door most of the way (leave it open slightly).
5.
Add larger pieces of wood as the fire progresses, being careful not to overload. Do not fill the
firebox beyond the firebrick area. A coal bed of (ideally) 1” to 2” should be established to
achieve optimum performance.
