Harrie Leenders Canta Instructions for Installation, Use and Maintenance
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Manual
We congratulate you on the purchase of your stove. This manual will inform you about
the best way of using the stove and the art of keeping a perfect fire. Before using the
stove, carefully read the text about breaking in the stove.
These heating instructions apply to the Canta. They are merely intended as a guideline
as your stove will behave differently according to the place where it is installed, simply
because the conditions are different. The flue, the weather, the quality of the wood used
and the climate conditions in the house determine your stove's burning behaviour. In time
you will develop your own directions for use, based on these heating instructions.
What you should know about the Canta
The Canta is a radiant fireplace with a convection back plate which, when the fireplace is
burning properly, ensures a fine heat distribution.
The burning chamber is lined inside with highgrade ceramic firebrick elements (prisolith).
These bricks are subject to the greatest impacts (being hit by wood when loading the
fireplace) and so have been additionally reinforced.
The air control slide controls the primary air flow over the fire and keeps the glass clean
from above when used properly.
The air control slide is opened by pulling it outwards. This is only the kindling position.
The three basic rules for proper burning are:
1 Use dry and clean wood.
The stove is suitable for burning socalled 'stackable fuels': wood and briquettes. We
assume you will be using dry fuels only. So, this also holds for the kindling paper and
cardboard. Wet fuel costs more energy, leaves moisture on the glass and soils the flue.
2 Do not temper the burning process excessively.
Allow the stove sufficient time to warm up (stay with it at this stage) and do not temper
the fire too quickly. Bear this rule in mind: you must not temper a stove until it has
warmed up properly.
3 Always make sure there is enough fresh air.
In houses today, cracks and chinks have often been sealed. Opening a small grate or
cantilever window will ensure sufficient fresh air, provided no freshairsupply system is
used.
The main thing when making the fire is that both the flue and the stove reach the proper
temperature.
