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Paper or cardboard, other than small amounts used to light stove.
Treated or painted wood
Synthetic fuel or logs that are not approved for solid fuel stoves
Household rubbish
Liquid fuels
Plastics
Burning these or other products for which the wood heater was not designed may damage
the wood heater and cause a fire hazard or release toxic fumes.
Fuel should be stored in a dry place; wood should be dried for at least 1 year and have a
moisture content of no more than 20%. Wet wood may cause serious creosote, which may
damage your flue system and even your wood heater. Therefore the use of wet wood is
strongly discouraged.
First operation of stove
You should begin using your wood heater by lighting small fires which get progressively
larger. We recommend lighting approximately 5 small fires before you put the wood heater
into full service. Allow the wood heater to fully cool between each of these fires. There may
be some smell and a small amount of smoke from the wood heater during the initial
operations. This is perfectly normal and is merely the curing of the wood heater paint.
Opening a window or door to provide additional ventilation will help alleviate this.
Air controls
Your wood heater needs air to burn the fuel. This air is supplied through a primary air slide
at the right side of the front of your wood heater above the door. On the SCWB200i3 and
SCWB300i3 secondary air is drawn into the top rear of the firebox which is not adjustable.
Primary air, as the name suggests, is used for the initial burning of the fuel and is also used
to keep the stove glass clean. Secondary air is used for secondary combustion, which makes
the stove more efficient and reduces emissions.
The settings of the primary air control very much depends on draught and local conditions
and after a few fires, you should have a good idea of the best settings for your wood heater.
The air slide control should be fully opened when lighting the fire. Once the fire is
established, the air slide control may be adjusted as required. Reducing the air intake will
cause the wood heater to burn slower. This may cause some blackening of the stove glass,
but this should burn off once the wood heater is burning brightly again.
Refueling
Before refueling your wood heater, turn the air supply to high for a few moments until there
is a good fire in the heater. This will ensure there is no build-up of harmful gases in the
wood heater when the door is opened and will also get the new fuel burning quickly and not
allow it to kill the fire. Open the door slowly in case any logs or coal have fallen against the
glass. Opening the door quickly may result in smoke being drawn into the room.
To reload the wood heater, open the door and feed the fuel in slowly always using either
tongs, a small shovel along with protective gloves. Do not overfill the wood heater. It is
always better to put in small loads often rather than big fills less frequently. Wood should be
loaded in a front to back direction, this helps air flow as well as reducing the risk of logs
falling forward. Close the door gently after wood heater is reloaded.
