WANDERS Domus User Manual And Installation Manual

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18When the door is closed, the high heat will melt theparaffin from the logs too quickly. The polluted fluegasses which consequently develop will deposit on andburn in the glass of your stove and cannot be removedlater.Do not use any wood that is painted, impregnated, gluedtogether or processed in any other way. The flue gasesare very harmful to the environment and may affect yourstove. It is also prohibited to burn plastics and otherwaste matter due to poisonous smoke development.Wood species and storageYou can use all kinds of woods as fuel as long as itis clean, split and dry. Hardwood like oak, beechand birch burn slowly, give off much heat andform charcoal easily. Softer woods like spruce, firand poplar give more flames but less heat and lesscharcoal.The best place to store timber is in a windy spot butsheltered from the rain. This is how the logs can dryin a natural way. Pile the logs on an old pallet or aframe to let the wood dry from underneath and toprevent the lower logs from being in contact withwater.The best way to burn your stoveAll WANDERS’ stoves are designed so that they give amaximum output. A well-lit wood-burning stove canproduce a yield of about 75%. This means that you needless wood for the same amount of heat. Moreover, awell-lit stove produces less smoke pollution. Below area few tips to give you optimum pleasure:• For a regular combustion, close the grate shaker whenthe stove is fuelled with wood.• Always burn your stove with its door closed; thiswill improve the output within 8 to 10 times. Whenthe door of the stove is open, the chimney will drawmore air than is needed for proper combustion. Therelatively cold air will cool the fire. It will also precludefire damage by any sputtering sparks, especially fromsoftwood.• Do not put more than 3 logs on the fire at one time. Toomuch fuel at one time thwarts efficient combustionand burdens the environment unnecessarily.• Ventilate the space well when you have the stove on.A crackling fire has a minimum air consumption of25 cubic metres an hour. Never put on your cookinghood when you have a stove burning in the samespace.• Be careful with lighting the stove when it is foggyor when there is no wind outside. There is hardlyany draught in the cold chimney when the weatheris calm. Since smoke is heavier than air there is thechance of smoke streaming into the room. In foggyweather, the smoke from the chimney (outside) coolsquickly and may descend and become a nuisance inyour neighbourhood.• Don’t smother the fire suddenly with water, but let itburn out. The materials inside the stove may deformor crack as a result of sudden or great differences intemperature.• If you want to temper the fire, first close the valve inthe flue tube and then close the air supply.Chimney and flueThe chimney is the most important part of your wood-burning hearth.When the chimney is right it will not distribute any smokeinto your room, leave any deposit on the glass pane orcreate bad combustion. Before starting the installationof the stove, your installer or a qualified chimney sweepmust check whether the chimney flue has a diameterof at least 150 millimetres over the entire length, andwhether the channel is clean, smooth and leak-proof.Chimney with a proper draughtWarm air wants to ascend. This is the principle ofevery chimney. It helps when the wind near thechimney mouth draws the air from the chimney.Fall wind may give the opposite effect and blowthe air back into the chimney. Relatively cold foggyair may thwart proper draught in your chimney asdoes a long flue pipe with a rough inside and manybends. If the natural draught in your chimney is pooryour installer can give you information about usinga ventilator for your flue tube.MaintenanceSmall maintenance• Remove the cooled ash from the ash pan twice orthrice a week. It is advisable to use an ash bucket. Anempty ash pan is important since the stove also drawsin combustion air via the ash pan.• It is advisable to leave an ash layer of two to threecentimetres. It will protect the fire plate.• Clean the shaking grid inside the stove with a softbrush.• Clean the exterior of the stove with a damp cloththat does not give off fluff. Do not use any aggressivecleansing agents or abrasives.• Clean the cold glass pane with a cleaning agent forceramic cooking rings. Do not touch the clean glasswith your fingers. Finger marks burn into the glass.• Oil the hinges and the door fastener once in a while.Do not use any aggressive cleaning agents or abrasivesto maintain your stove.