Fire Is Difficult To Ignite And Maintain; Smoke Fills The Room During Refuelling; Too High A Rate Of Burning Or Wood Consumption; Chamotte (Fireclay) - Spartherm Magic Operating Manual

7.2 FIRE IS DIFFICULT TO IGNITE AND MAINTAIN

If this did not occur from the outset, please look into the following issues:
• Have the correct burning materials and equipment been used?
• No transition period?
• No temperature inversion (the chimney cannot develop a draught)?
• Combustion air control fully open (lever to the left)?
• External combustion air line free?
You should only call your local dealer/fireplace fitter if no improvement
occurs after you have been able to answer all of these questions with „yes".

7.3 SMOKE FILLS THE ROOM DURING REFUELLING

• See all questions „7.1 Glass becomes sooted heavily, rapidly and
unevenly"
• Has your fireplace insert already reached the operating temperature?
• Have you added the firewood onto a base of burning embers?
• Did you open the door slowly at the beginning?
You should only call your local dealer/fireplace fitter if no improvement
occurs after you have been able to answer all of these questions with „yes".
7.4 TOO HIGH A RATE OF BURNING OR WOOD
CONSUMPTION
If this has not occurred from the outset, please look into the following issues:
• Have you lowered the setting of the combustion air control (the control
lever to the right)?
• After the starting phase, are you using hardwood with 15-18% remain-
ing moisture?
• Have you complied with the recommended amount of wood?
You should only call your local dealer/fireplace fitter if no improvement
occurs after you have been able to answer all of these questions with „yes".
7.5 CHAMOTTE (FIRECLAY )
• Cracks or broken fireclay are not grounds for a justified complaint. Fire-
clay is a natural product and is exposed to high loads. A stress or strain
crack is not serious; it is a purely optical deficiency.
• Fireclay which has broken and shifted has to be replaced. To do so,
contact your specialist dealer/fireplace fitter.

7.6 CHIMNEY FIRE

The combustion of coniferous wood will cause sparks to travel from the
fireplace into the chimney. This can ignite the layer of soot in your chimney
(although this rarely happens if the chimney is cleaned regularly by the
chimney sweep). The chimney is burning. This can be recognised by flames
that blaze from the chimney opening, excessively flying sparks, smoke and
odours, as well as the chimney walls becoming progressively hotter.
It is important to act properly in such a case. You can alert the fire brigade
by calling 112 (an emergency call). The chimney sweep should also be
informed. Combustible objects should be located away from the chimney.
Wargning from experts: Under no circumstances should the fire be extin-
guished with water in the meantime. Temperatures in a chimney fire can
reach up to 1300 °C. Extinguishing water would immediately create steam.
A 10-liter bucket of water yields 17 cubic meters of steam. The enormous
pressure created as a result could push apart the chimney.
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