FP10 Lafayette - Installation and Operation Manual
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PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................................ 6
1
Safety Information .............................................................................. 6
1.1
Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ..................................... 6
2
General Information ............................................................................ 8
2.1
FP10 Lafayette Specifications............................................................................................. 8
2.2
Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ............................................................... 12
2.3
The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ......................................................... 12
2.4
The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment .......................................................... 13
2.4.1
What is Your New Fireplace Made Of? .......................................................................... 13
3
Fuel .................................................................................................... 14
3.1
Materials That Should Not be Burned ............................................................................... 14
3.2
How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ............................................................................ 14
3.2.1
What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................... 14
3.2.2
Tree Species ................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.3
Log Length ..................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.4
Piece Size ...................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.5
How to Dry Firewood ..................................................................................................... 16
3.2.6
Judging Firewood Moisture Content .............................................................................. 16
3.3
Manufactured Logs ........................................................................................................... 17
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Operating Your Fireplace ................................................................. 17
4.1
The use of a fire screen .................................................................................................... 17
4.2
Your First Fires ................................................................................................................. 17
4.3
Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.1
Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................. 18
4.3.2
The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................ 18
4.3.3
Two Parallel Logs .......................................................................................................... 19
4.3.4
Using Fire Starters ......................................................................................................... 19
4.4
Maintaining Wood Fires .................................................................................................... 19
4.4.1
General Advice .............................................................................................................. 19
4.4.2
Ash Removal ................................................................................................................. 20
4.4.3
Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................................ 20
4.4.4
Firing Each New Load Hot ............................................................................................. 21
4.4.5
Turning Down the Air Supply ......................................................................................... 21
4.4.6
Building Different Fires for Different Needs ................................................................... 22
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