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Reasons for premature wear of internal parts:
- Stove being used/fired too vigorously.
- Too much air passing through the bottom grate.
- Use of excessively dry wood (wood from old furnitures)
- Excessive debris collection on baffle plate or inner fireback (see section on cleaning)
- Ash level too high in the ash pan (see section on ash)
Firebricks
It should be expected that at sometime the Chamote firebricks will show some signs of crack-
ing in its surface; however this is regarding as natural and will not alter the overall function.
Gaskets
The rope gaskets in the door will need regular inspection in order to ensure and maintain
full control of your stove’s burning rate; over time the rope gaskets will harden and will be-
come less airtight, at this point you will need to remove and replace with new. Use only the
genuine Morsø gasket kit, which comes with detailed replacement instructions.
NOTE: Normal wear components (inner parts) are not covered by Morsø’s extended
guarantee
Maintenance products (Spare Parts, Glass Cleaner, Paint, Gasket Kit, etc) are all available from
your authorised Morsø dealer.
3.3 Cleaning the stove
During normal use and sweeping of your stove and chimney, a layer of ash, soot or debris can
form, particularly on the top of the baffle plate or inner fireback. Any deposits allowed to build-
up over time will have an insulating effect on these parts, thus restricting expansion; this ulti-
mately result in a shorter lifespan. The chrome-iron access door 1464 can easily be removed
from the stove and should be regularly checked for debris and cleaned. You must ensure that
your chimney sweep removes all soot and debris from the stove after the sweeping process.
Your chimney should be swept at least once a year; however a regular inspection of your stove-
pipe and chimney will determine whether a more frequent approach should be adopted.
Ash
As noted above, there should be circa 1 cm insulating layer of ash on top of the grate when
burning wood only in order to achieve a high combustion temperature. Excess ash can be
removed by pulling out the shaker rod (outside of the stove) several times so that ash falls
cleanly into the ash pan below.
Be sure to empty the ash pan before it gets completely full; if the ash level reaches the under-
side of the grate, air flow through the grate will be restricted and will lead to over-heating and
premature wear of the grate parts.
When emptying the ash pan always dump the waste ash into a metal container (dustbin)
where it can fully cool before being taken away by your refuse collector. Ash from a wood-
burning stove does not benefit your garden as fertiliser.