WOOD FUEL
IMPORTANT: Never use toxic wood such as chipboard, impregnated, painted wood or pre-sawn wood
such as pallets.
Good quality wood is the most important factor in your stove working efficiently and cleanly. Always use
dry firewood. The dryness of the firewood plays an important role since the use of wet wood results in poor
fuel economy and may cause a tarry sooty film on the internals of the stove.
Newly cut wood contains 60–70% water, making it totally unsuitable for use as firewood.
Newly cut wood should be stacked and air dried under cover for two years before being used as firewood.
SOLID SMOKELESS FUELS- The
WESTFIRE WF32/UNIQ32 AND WF23/UNIQ23 stoves are not suitable for use
with smokeless fuels. The stove will burn best when burning wood. HOUSE COAL AND PETROLEUM COKE ARE
NOT SUITABLE FOR USE ON THIS STOVE; ITS USE WILL INVALIDATE THE GUARANTEE.
Overnight burning
Westfire
Uniq32/WF32 or Uniq 23/WF23
, are designed to burn wood. Wood burns more efficiently and
cleanly if is burnt hotter. Westfire do not recommend that their stoves are burnt overnight for this reason.
As a night time regime we recommend that the fire is loaded when hot and burnt for five minutes with the
secondary air slider fully open until the new wood has taken and is burning, then close the secondary air
valve to its operational position.
On returning to the stove in the morning the fire will have burnt out. Reload with some paper or firelighter
and some kindling and open all the sliders fully to relight quickly. Beware as the ash bed will have hot
embers.
Use of operating tools
Always use the operating tools provided when handling parts likely to be hot when the stove is in use.
Maintenance
WESTFIRE WF23/UNIQ23 and WF32/UNIQ 32 inset wood stoves need to have the ash removed from the stove
at regular intervals. Make sure the stove is completely cold before cleaning out ash (embers can remain hot
for over 24 hours). To clean the outside of the stove use a dry cloth.
IMPORTANT! – Check for ash build up under and behind the ash pan, ash build-up under ash pan cause
primary air to remain open
Annual service
The inside of the stove should be serviced /cleaned once a year. To clean the inside, remove all ash, soot
and tar residue from the combustion chamber. Remove insulated chamber panels and baffle, to clean out
any dirt and soot will collected behind them. Check the quality of all insulated panels and replace any
which are damaged or cracked, replace stove door rope cord in the door. Check glass is correctly
positioned.
The stove, the flue pipe connection and the chimney should be checked regularly by a qualified engineer.
The chimney should also be checked for blockages before relighting the stove if it has not been used for an
extended period of time.
The paint/ lacquer can wear thin in exposed places due to overheating. This, and other lacquer damage,
may be repaired using a Westfire Senotherm paint/lacquer spray available from your Westfire dealer.
Ash must be stored in a non-combustible container and must not be mixed with other combustible waste.
Cleaning the glass
Incorrect firing, for example using wet wood, or slow burning can result in the viewing window becoming
covered in soot. This soot can be easily and effectively removed by using a damp cloth or when necessary a
proprietary stove glass cleaner or an ordinary scouring liquid, when the glass is cold
Periods of Prolonged Non-Use
If the stove is to be left unused for a prolonged period of time then it should be given a thorough clean to
remove ash and unburned fuel residues. To enable a good flow of air through the appliance to reduce
condensation and subsequent damage, leave the air controls fully open.
