Stove Builder International Valcourt FP10 Lafayette, Installation And Operation Manual

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FP10 Lafayette - Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................. 6
1 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ..................................... 6
2 General Information on LAFAYETTE (FP10) ............................................ 8
2.1 Appliance performance
(1)
.................................................................................................... 8
2.2 General Features ................................................................................................................ 9
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ............................................................... 13
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ......................................................... 13
2.5 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment .......................................................... 14
2.5.1 What is Your New Fireplace Made Of? .......................................................................... 14
3 Fuel .................................................................................................................. 15
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned ............................................................................... 15
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ............................................................................ 15
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................... 15
3.2.2 Tree Species ................................................................................................................. 15
3.2.3 Log Length ..................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.4 Piece Size ...................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ..................................................................................................... 17
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content .............................................................................. 18
3.3 Manufactured Logs ........................................................................................................... 18
4 Operating Your Fireplace ............................................................................. 19
4.1 The use of a firescreen ..................................................................................................... 19
4.2 Your First Fires ................................................................................................................. 19
4.3 Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................... 19
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................. 20
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................ 20
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs .......................................................................................................... 21
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ......................................................................................................... 21
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires .................................................................................................... 21
4.4.1 General Advice .............................................................................................................. 21
4.4.2 Ash Removal ................................................................................................................. 21
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................................ 22
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ............................................................................................. 22
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ......................................................................................... 23
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ................................................................... 23