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Safety Rules
NOTE:
For your safety, we recommend installing smoke detectors in your home if not already installed.
CAUTION:
Do not touch the heater until it has cooled.
SAFETY NOTICE:
If this heater is not properly installed, a house fire may result. For your safety, follow the
installation directions. Contact local building or fire officials about restrictions and installation inspection
requirements in your area.
READ THESE RULES AND THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1. Check with local codes. The installation must
comply with their rulings. Observe closely the
clearances to combustibles.
2. Do not install this heater in a mobile home or
trailer.
3. Always connect this heater to a chimney and
vent to the outside. Never vent to another room
or inside a building. DO NOT CONNECT THIS
UNIT TO A CHIMNEY FLUE SERVING ANOTHER
APPLIANCE.
4. Do not connect a wood burning heater to a
Type B gas vent. This is not safe and is prohibited
by the National Fire Protection Association
Code. This heater requires approved masonry
or UL, ULC Listed Residential Type and Building
Heating Appliance Chimney. Use a 6" diameter
chimney, or larger, that is high enough to give
a good draft.
5. Be sure that your chimney is safely constructed
and in good repair. Have the chimney
inspected by the Fire Department or a qualified
inspector. Your insurance company may be
able to recommend a qualified inspector.
6. Inspect chimney connector and chimney
twice monthly during the heating season for
any deposit of creosote or soot which must be
removed (see Chimney Maintenance).
7. Provide air for combustion from outside the
house into the room where the heater is
located. If the intake is not in the same room,
air must have free access in to the room.
8. To prevent injury, do not allow anyone to use
this heater who is unfamiliar with the correct
operation of the heater.
9. For further information on using your heater
safely, obtain a copy of the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) publication "Using
Coal and Wood Stoves Safely" NFPA No. HS-10-
1978. The address of the NFPA is Batterymarch
Park, MA 02269.
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For more information on a Canadian
Installation, obtain a copy of CAN/CSA - B365
- M91 Installation Code for Solid-Fuel-Burning
Appliances and Equipment.
10. Disposal of Ashes - Ashes should be placed in
a metal container with a tight fitting lid. The
closed container of ashes should be placed on
a noncombustible floor or on the found, well
away from all combustible materials, pending
final disposal. If the ashes are disposed of by
burial in soil or otherwise locally dispersed, they
should be retained in the closed container until
all cinders have thoroughly cooled.
11. CAUTION - The special paints used on your
heater may give off some smoke while they are
curing during the first few fires. Build small fires
at first. Children and people/animals with lung
problems should take caution during the curing
process.
12. CARING FOR PAINTED PARTS - This heater has
a painted jacket which is durable but it will
not stand rough handling or abuse. When
installing your heater, use care in handling.
Clean with soap and warm water when heater
is not hot. DO NOT use any acids or scouring
soap, as these wear and dull the finish. PAINT
DISCOLORATION WILL OCCUR IF THE HEATER IS
OVERFIRED. FOLLOW OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY.
13. All persons, especially children, should be alerted
to hazards from high surface temperatures and
kept away while in operation. Small children
should not be left unsupervised when in the
room with the heater.
14. Keep the area adjacent to the heater free from
all combustible materials, gasoline, and other
flammable vapors.
15. This heater should not be used as a primary
source of heat.
