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5. After approximately 10 minutes or when the fire is burning brightly and both kindling and logs are burning
brightly shut latch on the door. If the fire dies down and flames are replaced by smoke, unlatch the door for
another few minutes.
6. Once fire is hot close primary air lever (push in). This will close off the primary air control to the stove. If the
stove begins to die down to much when the primary is closed, open slider again and leave open for another
ten minutes.
7. After approximately another 10 minutes close the secondary air lever by 40%, for the stove to burn cleanly
plenty of secondary air is needed, do not be tempted to shut the fire down too early as this may cause smoke.
At nominal heat output, expect to refuel your stove approximately once an hour.
8. Westfire Uniq 23 stove has controls levers for secondary and primary air, these are designed to ensure a plenti-
ful supply of oxygen during firing, when fire is lit and warm the stove should not be operated with the door
open. When lit, the stove will get very hot and due care must therefore be exercised. Please use the protective
glove supplied when operating control levers and handle.
re-fueLing
To re-fuel your stove in the cleanest way.
Only refuel your stove when flames have died down and you have glowing embers.
Before refuelling, open secondary air lever fully, also open primary air lever fully and leave for 5 minutes. Open
door gently, add two pieces of wood measuring approx 33cm with a combined weight of approx 1.5kg and close
the door. Leave the air sliders open for 10 minutes to allow the fire to reach a good temperature. Close primary air
lever and close secondary air lever by 40%.
If your stove is overheating close all air levers and the door must be closed, and left until the stove has returned
to nominal temperature.
Basic Positions of air controls during operation
You will need to become familiar with your stove in order to be able to regulate the secondary air intake correctly,
as factors such as the quality and height of your chimney, the quality of your fuel and the external conditions play
a large role in your stove performance. It is easy to see whether the stove is functioning correctly as the stove
will burn cleanly and the internal fire chamber will remain clean; however incomplete combustion may lead to a
build-up of hard, shiny soot on the inside of your stove and glass.
To prevent sooting of the chamber and glass introduce more secondary air, also check that your wood is dry.
It is important to check the draft conditions before lighting your stove. This may be done, for instance, by crum-
pling a piece of newspaper, placing it in the combustion chamber and lighting it. The draft conditions are good if
the smoke is drawn away through the chimney.
door operation
When opening the door of your Westfire Uniq 23 stove always wear the glove that is provided to protect your
hand from possible heat. The WF Uniq 23 handle has a push pull mechanism. When shutting the door push the
door closed and push handle down firmly to close.
Overnight burning
Westfire WF UNIQ 23 is designed to burn wood.
Wood burns more efficiently and cleanly if it is burnt hotter. Westfire re-load times are approximately 1 hour and
do not recommend that their stoves are burnt overnight for this reason. As a night time regime we recommend
that the fire is loaded when hot and burnt for five minutes with the secondary air lever fully open until the new
wood has taken and is burning, then close the secondary air lever to its operational position.
On returning to the stove in the morning the fire will have burn out, reload with some paper or firelighter and
some kindling and open all the slider fully to relight quickly. Beware as the ash bed will have hot embers.
Chimney fires
If the chimney is thoroughly and regularly swept, chimney fires should not occur. However, if a chimney fire does
occur turn the air control setting to the minimum, and tightly close the doors of the stove. This should cause the
chimney fire to go out in which case the control should be kept at the minimum setting until the fire in the stove
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