USE OF HOUSE COAL AND PETROLEUM COKE ARE NOT SUITABLE
FOR THIS STOVE; ITS USE WILL INVALIDATE THE GUARANTEE.
BURNING WOOD IN A SMOKE CONTROL AREA
You must purchase a smoke control version of the Mendip stove which is modified slightly to comply with
regula�ons. Any change to this modifica�on will invalidate the stoves compliance for smoke control
areas.
The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authori�es 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).
BURNING WOOD IN A SMOKE CONTROL AREA CONT
In England appliances are exempted by publica�on on a list by the Secretary of State in accordance with
changes made to sec�ons 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by sec�on 15 of the Deregula�on Act 2015.
In Scotland appliances are exempted by publica�on on a list by Sco�sh Ministers under sec�on 50 of the
Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Similarly, In Northern Ireland appliances are exempted by
publica�on on a list by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under Sec�on 16 of
the Environmental Be�er regula�on Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. In Wales appliances are exempted by
regula�ons made by Welsh Ministers.
Further informa�on on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here:
h�ps://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules.
Your local authority is responsible for implemen�ng the
Clean Air Act 1993 including designa�on and supervision of smoke control areas and you can contact
them for details of Clean Air Act requirements.
The ASHCOTT SE stove has been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when burning
wood logs. The appliance has been fi�ed with a modifica�on to fix the air controls at 17% open in its
minimum posi�on, altera�ons should not be a�empted.
Mendip smoke control stoves should not be burnt with the door le� open.
The refuelling procedure : - allow the newly charged fuel to burn with the secon
dary air control set at
maximum for up 3 to 4 minutes. A�er this period, with flames from the logs fully established, close the
secondary air supply to the low output se�ng. When opera�ng at high output (secondary air set fully
open) the new refuel charge does not require any boost air to establish combus�on.
Refuelling on to a low fire bed
If there is insufficient burning material in the firebed to light a new fuel charge, excessive smoke emission
can occur. Refuelling must be carried out onto a sufficient quan�ty of glowing embers and ash that the
new fuel charge will ignite in a reasonable period. If there are too few embers in the fire bed, add suitable
kindling to prevent excessive smoke.
Fuel Overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specified in this manual should not be exceeded, overloading can cause
excess smoke.
Air controls & doors le� open
Opera�on with the air controls fully open can cause excess smoke. The appliance must not be operated
with air controls, or door le� open except as directed in the instruc�ons.
