Table Of Contents - Drolet DB03105 Installation And Operation Manual

Report prepared for: Guillaume Thibodeau-Fortin (Stove Builder International Inc.) on 12/1/2017 8:00:00 AM
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Installation and Operation Manual for Escape 1800
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................................................ 5
1 Safety Information ........................................................................................... 5
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings .................................... 5
2 General Information on Escape 1800 ............................................................. 6
2.1 Appliance performance
2.2 General Features .............................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .............................................................. 10
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ........................................................ 10
2.5 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ......................................................... 11
2.5.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? ............................................................................. 11
3 Fuel .................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned .............................................................................. 12
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ........................................................................... 12
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................. 12
3.2.2 Tree Species ............................................................................................................... 12
3.2.3 Log Length .................................................................................................................. 13
3.2.4 Piece Size ................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ................................................................................................... 14
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................ 15
3.3 Manufactured Logs ......................................................................................................... 15
4 Operating Your Stove .................................................................................... 16
4.1 The use of a fire screen. .......................................................... Erreur ! Signet non défini.
4.2 Your First Fires................................................................................................................ 16
4.3 Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................. 16
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................... 17
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................... 16
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................ 17
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................... 17
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................... 18
4.4.1 General Advice ............................................................................................................ 18
4.4.2 Ash Removal ............................................................................................................... 18
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................... 19
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................... 20
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................... 20
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................. 21
5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ..................................................... 24
5.1 Stove Maintenance ......................................................................................................... 24
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass .................................................................................................... 24
5.1.2 Door adjustment .......................................................................................................... 25
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket .......................................................................................... 25
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .............................................................. 26
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