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1.5 Cleaning and maintenance
After the heating season, it is recommended to clean the fireplace and the flue gas
pipes carefully. Any dropping heating performance is almost always the consequence
of the strong contamination of the flues. For cleaning, the furnace chamber walling is
to be pulled out. This way, the flues can be cleaned from the inside or
– after remov-
ing the flue gas pipe
– from above. After cleaning, you must this be pushed back fully
again.
Warning!
Following every heating season you are advised to examine the fireplace thoroughly.
If any repair or reconditioning is needed, please, contact your local dealer in a timely
manner, and specify the model number and serial number of your equipment (as seen
on the model plate).
External surfaces may be maintained only after the fireplace cooled down, and follow-
ing the first commissioning. Use cold water for cleaning, or soap, washing ingredient
in extraordinary cases, then wipe it dry. Before its first use, clean the ROBAX inspec-
tion glass with a wet and clean cloth, and then put a few drops of glass
–ceramics
cleaner onto both sides of the glass, and spread them with the use of kitchen paper
tissues. It provides an invisible film on the valuable surface of the Robax glass. This
film helps to keep the glass clean, and facilitates regular cleaning operations. ROBAX
S for slightly contaminated surfaces
– a commercially available glass surface cleaning
agent
– may as well be used for the cleaning of the medium or strongly contaminated
glass surfaces of the fireplace. Towards this end, spray small quantities of the agent
to the cold surfaces, spread it, and wash it down with a wet cloth, followed by drying
with a clean, soft cloth. In case there are sticky fuel deposits on these surfaces, first
scale simply them with a ceramic-plate scraper held in flat angle, and then clean the
surfaces as described above.
Cleaning of the ceramic surfaces
dirt and grease are to be removed with soap and
water.
Cleaning of the soapstone
: the soapstone is a natural stone, therefore minor colour
differences may occur; as it is normal, they may not serve as a basis for quality com-
plaints! To clean the soapstone from dirt and fat with water and soap, as well as small
scratches, use sand paper (grain size 240).
Warning
:
Under no circumstances you may use sponge, scouring, aggressive
or scratching cleaning agents!
If the grate is blocked so that the equipment cannot
serve the intended function, the grate is to be removed for cleaning.
