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FP7CE Antoinette - Installation and Operation Manual
3 OPERATING YOUR FIREPLACE
Inside the firebox of your unit, you will find the handle that allows you to open the glass door of your
fireplace. Simply insert into the opening provided for this purpose at the bottom left of the glass door. This
handle is removable so you can take it off at your convenience.
OPERATING WITH THE FIRE SCREEN DOOR INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF GENERATING CARBON
MONOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS AN ODOURLESS GAS THAT IS HIGHLY TOXIC AND WHICH CAN CAUSE
DEATH AT HIGH CONCENTRATION IN AIR.
3.1 Your First Fires
Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal components of the
fireplace are conditioned.
As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but they do smell bad.
Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when you first light your fireplace, be
prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate the house. As you burn hotter and hotter fires,
more of the painted surfaces reach the curing temperature of the paint. The smell of curing paint does not
disappear until you have burned one or two very hot fires.
Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build bigger and hotter fires
until there is no longer any paint smell from the fireplace. Once the paint smell disappears, your fireplace is
ready for serious heating.
3.2 Lighting Fires
Each person who heats with wood develops their own favorite way to light fires. Whatever method you
choose, your goal should be to get a hot fire burning quickly. A fire that starts fast produces less smoke and
deposits less creosote in the chimney. Here are three popular and effective ways to start wood fires.