FIRING UP (Fig. 12)
In order to suppress the emission of pollu-
tants as far as possible, we would ask you -
for the sake of the environment - to adhere
to the following instructions for heating up
your firing appliance.
1.
If your appliance and chimney are cold, or if
low atmospheric pressure prevails, it is
recommended that initially you burn some
paper, to “drive” the coldness from the
appliance and the chimney.
2.
For the purpose of heating up, first lay
some uncoated paper on the floor of the
firebox and on top of this place 0.5 kg of
softwood chippings and 1.4 kg of wood (2
logs).
Pull the vibrating grate actuator (Part 23)
fully out and open the primary air damper
(Part 6) and the secondary air damper
(Part 4).
Please do not use gloss paper or paper from
magazines. These types of paper do not
burn well and they generate very poisonous
substances in the flue gases.
3.
Now ignite the paper. Wait until the soft-
wood chippings are burning well.
Several minutes later, close the vibrating
grate actuator and the primary air damper.
A few minutes later, adjust the secondary
air damper to the ideal settings.
4.
When the burning has finished, lay about
1.8 kg of wood (2 logs) in the firebox. Open
the vibrating grate actuator and the prima-
ry air damper, until the wood is burning well
(approx. 2 min.). The secondary air damper
should remain at the ideal setting.
For each further layer of fuel, proceed in
the same way.
5.
The remnants of the combustion on the
firebox floor are the mineral components
of the wood (approx. 1 %).
This ash is an excellent fertiliser for all the
plants in the garden, because it is a purely
natural product. However, the ash should
first be left to accumulate and then be
“quenched” with water.
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