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VAIO Operating and installation instructions
4. Installation manual
Legal provisions
When installing the VAIO wood-burning stove, all legal provisions must always be complied with along with
the local building regulations. Please contact your specialist dealer if you have any questions. You must
have your wood-burning stove approved by your authorised local chimney sweep.
Space requirements
If an extractor hood is installed in the interconnecting area in your home, a contact switch must ensure
that it can only be operated when the window is tilted open. When operating the fireplace, the combustion
air outlets must never be closed.
Balanced flue operation
The VAIO_7 and VAIO_8 models feed a controlled supply of external air into the stove for combustion pur-
poses, and have been specially designed for well-insulated living spaces. The combustion air must be fed
into the device from outside via a sealed duct or an air-exhaust chimney system. The design even enables
the fireplace to operate flawlessly in negative pressure of up to 8 Pa at the site of installation. For this rea-
son, the VAIO_7 and VAIO_8 wood-burning stoves are also approved for balanced flue operation.
The combustion air line to the fireplace’s site of installation must be constructed on site.
According to EnEV (the German ordinance on energy saving in buildings), it must be possible to seal off the
combustion air line. The closed/open setting must be clearly visible. This is not necessary for air-exhaust
chimney systems.
DIBt-approved wood-burning stoves, tested for balanced flue operation, also create a connection to the
ambient air when more fuel is added. To prevent this, open the window in this room, or tilt it open before
adding more wood to the fire. The atmospheric pressure will even itself out. You can then add more wood
without the wood-burning stove generating clouds of smoke. When you shut the stove door again, close
the window again.
Load-bearing bases
Before installing your stove, make sure that the base can bear the weight of the stove and flue.
The weight of various wood-burning stove models is as follows:
Model
Weigth
Height
Width
Depth
VAIO_7
weight varies depending on the type of stone
approx.185 kg
112,7 cm
49,4 cm
40,9 cm
VAIO_8
weight varies depending on the type of stone
approx. 210 kg
137,2 cm
49,4 cm
40,9 cm
Heat-storage stone for VAIO_8 approx. 29 kg
