User Manual

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Extractor Fan Warning: There must not
be an extractor fan fitted in the same room
as the stove as this can cause the stove to
emit fumes into the room. If unavoidable the
appliance must be checked with Approved
Document (A.D.) 1.21 and necessary action
taken
Action may have to be taken if other heating
appliances are in the same dwelling to make
sure the correct ventilation applies.
2.5 The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke
Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may
declare the whole or part of the district of
the authority to be a smoke control area. It
is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney
of a building, from a furnace or from any
fixed boiler if located in a designated smoke
control area. It is also an offence to acquire
an “unauthorised fuel” for use within a smoke
control area unless it is used in an “exempt”
appliance (“exempted” from the controls
which generally apply in the smoke control
area).
In England appliances are exempted by
publication on a list by the Secretary of State
in accordance with changes made to sections
20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section
15 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
In Scotland appliances are exempted by
publication on a list by Scottish Ministers
under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform
(Scotland) Act 2014.
In Northern Ireland appliances are exempted
by publication on a list by the Department of
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
under Section 16 of the Environmental Better
regulation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
In Wales appliances are exempted by
regulations made by Welsh Ministers.
Further information on the requirements of
the Clean Air Act can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-
rules
Your local authority is responsible for
implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including
designation and supervision of smoke control
areas and you can contact them for details of
Clean Air Act requirements.
The Medium Firecracker and Large
Firecracker Stove have been recommended
as suitable for use in smoke control areas
when burning wood logs. These appliances
have been fitted with a modification to
the air controls at the correct minimum
position to comply with the smoke control
requirements. The Medium Firecracker and
Large Firecracker Stoves are factory fitted
with the smoke control modification in place.
2.6 Commissioning
Check all internal parts are fitted correctly
and there are no gaps between the firebricks
and baffles and the log retainer is secure.
During transportation, it may happen that
the baffle plate in steel falls out of place.
Therefore, before using the stove, please
make sure that the baffle plate is properly
placed (on the hooks or fastened to the bolts
depending on the model)
Make sure the flue connection if secure and
sealed.
Check all the levers are operating fully and
freely.
CO Alarm: Building Regulations require
that whenever a new or replacement fixed
solid fuel or wood/biomass appliance is
installed in a dwelling a carbon monoxide
alarm must be fitted in the same room as
the appliance. Further guidance is available
in BS EN50292:2002 and from the alarm
manufacturer’s instructions. Provision of an
alarm must not be considered a substitute for
either
3. Lighting and using the stove
Important safety information
■ The wood burning stove will become
warm during use and therefore it should
be treated with all necessary caution.
■ Never keep easily combustible fluids
such as petrol in the vicinity of the wood
burning stove.
■ Never use easily combustible fluids to
light the fire in the wood burning stove.