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fully to the right. Light one or two firelighters
placed centrally on the grate, allowing the
flames to become established before placing
several pieces of small dry kindling in a criss-
cross fashion above the firelighters, taking care
not to smother the fire. Close the stove door.
Once the kindling is well alight open the door
and build the fire by gradually adding slightly
larger pieces of wood, closing the door
afterwards.
Once you have a good fire established across
the grate bed, further fuel can be added as
required and the air controls set to the correct
position (see ‘Notes on Wood burning’).
Should the fire fail to light correctly open the
door and use a poker to spread the fuel across
the grate. Close the door and allow the fuel and
stove to cool before attempting to relight the
fire.
N.B. Leaving the air controls in the closed
position, adding too much fuel or using wood
that is wet or too large will prevent the fire
from establishing correctly and may result in
smoke emission from the stove.
Reduced Combustion
In order to shut down the stove, close the
primary control, then close the secondary air
slider by moving the handle all the way to the
left. If you want to revive the fire it is
recommended that the primary air control is
open first, and then open the secondary air
slider.
Warning!-
The stove will remain
hot
for a
considerable time after the fire has been
extinguished.
The Clean Air Act 1993 and
Smoke Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act 1993 local authorities
may declare the whole or part of the district of
the authority to be a smoke control area. It is an
offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a
building, from a furnace or from any fixed boiler
if located in a designated smoke control area. It
is also an offence to acquire an "unauthorised
fuel" for use within a smoke control area unless
it is used in an "exempt" appliance ("exempted"
from the controls which generally apply in the
smoke control area).
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs has powers under the Act to
authorise smokeless fuels or exempt appliances
for use in smoke control areas in England. In
Scotland and Wales this power rests with
Ministers in the devolved administrations for
those countries. Separate legislation, the Clean
Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, applies in
Northern Ireland. Therefore it is a requirement
that fuels burnt or obtained for use in smoke
control areas have been "authorised" in
Regulations and that appliances used to burn
solid fuel in those areas (other than
"authorised" fuels) have been exempted by an
Order made and signed by the Secretary of
State
or
Minister
in
the
devolved
administrations.
Further information on the requirements of the
Clean
Air
Act
can
be
found
here:
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/
Your local authority is responsible for
implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including
designation and supervision of smoke control
areas and you can contact them for details of
Clean Air Act requirements
