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Olymberyl® HF217-SE Baby Gabriel
Defra Smoke Exempted Free-standing
Non-Boiler Wood Burner
Published November 2013
Please note This appliance has been
independently tested and approved
by Defra as an 'exempted appliance'
to allow the burning of wood in
designated UK Smoke Control Areas
(see page 13). It must, at all times,
be operated in accordance with the
instructions to minimise the amount
of smoke produced.
This appliance has
been approved by Hetas
This appliance has been approved
by Hetas Limited specifically as an
intermittent operating appliance for
burning wood only. Please note that
Hetas Limited Appliance Approval only
covers the use of wood fuels in this
appliance. Hetas Limited Approval does
not cover the use of other fuels, either
alone or mixed with wood, nor does
it cover instructions for the use of
other fuels.
Ref: HF217-SE / UK-NI-ROI / V7.05-01-16
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You will need to refer to the serial
number of your stove shown above
should you ever need to make a claim
under the Hi-Flame Warranty. You will
also find the serial number, beginning
with HF, on the CE plate at the rear of
the stove as well as on the lid of the
outer packaging.
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  • Page 1 �� B aby Instruction Manual ������� � Olymberyl® HF217-SE Baby Gabriel Defra Smoke Exempted Free-standing Non-Boiler Wood Burner Published November 2013 Please note This appliance has been You will need to refer to the serial independently tested and approved number of your stove shown above by Defra as an ‘exempted appliance’...
  • Page 3 USER WARNING NOTE Properly installed, operated and maintained this stove will not emit fumes into the dwelling. Occasional fumes from removing ash and refuelling may occur. However, persistent fume emission is potentially dangerous and must not be tolerated. If fume emission does persist, then the following immediate action should be taken: •...

  • Page 4: Packing List

    INTRODUCTION PACKING LIST Thank-you for purchasing the As soon as you receive your new stove Baby Gabriel stove. We are please check that you have a full set of confident that it will warm your components as set out in the list below. home even on the coldest winter In the unlikely event of a shortage, days and provide you with many...
  • Page 5 INSTALLER SAFETY FIRST Fire Cement BS 8303 Code of Practice Some types of fire cement are caustic and should not be allowed to come into Please refer to the current issue of contact with the skin. Protective gloves British Standard BS 8303, Code of and glasses should be worn when Practice for installation of domestic applying fire cement.
  • Page 6 IMPORTANT STANDARD FEATURES In the interests of safety please 1 Primary Air Control read these instructions carefully Adjusts the air which enters under the before installing or operating fire grate to boost the combustion your new stove. Even if you have process during the initial lighting phase installed or operated stoves before, when burning wood –...

  • Page 7: General Dimensions

    GENERAL DIMENSIONS ø All dimensions are in mm...
  • Page 8 September 250 mm Maximum Log Length 2012 (report number 6621). 1.5 kg Maximum Fuel Load General Specification Flue Requirements Model Name Olymberyl Baby Gabriel Flue configuration top or rear HF217-SE Model Number 125 mm Flue pipe diameter 555 mm...

  • Page 9: Important Safety Advice

    IMPORTANT SAFETY ADVICE air and reduce the stove’s efficiency. • To ensure your safety make sure that • Ensure that an approved carbon your stove’s installation complies with monoxide detector (BS EN50291:2001) all local building regulations’ ventilation is fitted in the same room as the stove. It requirements.

  • Page 10: Assembling The Stove

    ASSEMBLING THE STOVE These are to protect the leg bolt hole threads during the production process. Your new cast iron stove is extremely Use machine oil to lubricate the leg heavy. Always handle it with care and bolts before fitting each of the legs. The make sure that you have additional washer is fitted between the bolt head strong help when you move it.

  • Page 11: Flue Options

    FLUE OPTIONS potential soot build up and blockages. Once you know how to do this it is a The HF217-SE stove can be configured very easy operation. See page 34 for a 125mm (5”) top or rear flue • Handle Assembly Thread the split outlet.

  • Page 12: Installation Regulations

    INSTALLATION Republic of Ireland Approved Document J – Heat Producing REGULATIONS Appliances (Revised September 2014) You must ensure that your stove is www.environ.ie installed by a recognised competent Other Information Points person who is appropriately qualified in the installation of stoves and that For additional useful information and the installation complies with all local, links to the government websites...
  • Page 13 YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can IF YOU LIVE IN A UK SMOKE be found at the following website: CONTROL AREA www.smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk. The Clean Air Act 1993 Your local authority is responsible for and Smoke Control Areas implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 Under the Clean Air Act local...

  • Page 14: Recommended Fuels

    RECOMMENDED FUELS Most types of hardwood, for instance Ash (generally regarded as the best), • Hetas Approval Please note that Birch, Beech, Oak and Elm can be used. Hetas Limited Appliance Approval only However, avoid woods with a high covers the use of wood fuel in this resin content.

  • Page 15: Prohibited Fuels

    • Peat or Turf Not suitable for burning Manufactured or finished wood products, such as plywood and in this stove. chipboard, must also be strictly avoided • Household Rubbish Printed matter because of the high chemical adhesive (excluding very small amounts of content used in their production which newspaper for starting the fire if will also leave harmful residue inside the...

  • Page 16: Important: First Fires

    IMPORTANT: FIRST FIRES BURNING WOOD LOGS Use smaller and shorter ‘gentle’ fires Your new stove can burn very well, or the first five or six times that you fire up very poorly, depending on how you the stove, making these progressively light the fire, how you refuel the fire, bigger, as this will avoid any potential and, of course, the type and quality of...
  • Page 17 C Refuelling Logs These should be occasionally ridding or removing the approximately 75 to 100mm thick (3” surplus ash. to 4”). Bigger logs should be split down The end grain of the wood produces to this size more of the remaining moisture and Lighting a wood fire gases so whenever possible point the log ends away from the glass to help...
  • Page 18 Use the tool provided to adjust the Secondary air The Primary air the base of the stove door is / Airwash control at the top of the stove opened, using the tool, by turning anti-clockwise 1 The Lighting Phase minutes will assist, after which it should be closed.
  • Page 19 temperature for too long. single dense piece of wood or log will not burn as well as 2 or 3 smaller logs If unnecessarily large pieces of wood of equivalent mass. The more contact are placed on the embers at this stage the wood has with each other piece, and do not ignite well there is a risk the hotter the embers will be.
  • Page 20 Getting the balance right between a to make an even bed. You may need gently burning stove and one that is to add some kindling to re-establish burning too slow, creating smoke and the fire. Add the new wood as before causing the Airwash to fail and ensuring that the logs are not tightly consequently the glass to stain is very...

  • Page 21: Some Simple Tips

    SOME SIMPLE TIPS dangerous (see pages 16 – 21). Operating with the air controls 1 When refuelling use small regular left open loads as this will produce a more efficient and cleaner burning Using this stove with the air controls performance.

  • Page 22: Removing Ash

    REMOVING ASH Wood will produce a lot less ash than multi fuels and it would not be unrealistic to expect to empty the ash pan every two or three days, depending on the fuel loads and operating times. Remember, you do not need to riddle wood ash during firing, but possibly only at the start when some Primary air is needed to aid the initial combustion.

  • Page 23: Installation Checklist

    INSTALLATION CHECK-LIST This information is intended to outline the general principles of installing your STOVE stove. However, as each installation will vary and must comply with local, national and European building regulations, which could be different HEARTH from country to country, it is unfortunately not possible for these guidelines to be comprehensive.
  • Page 24 floor coverings. Remember disabled. these materials could be concealed The HF217-SE Baby Gabriel has been behind other materials which on the officially rated at a nominal output of surface may appear to be non- 4.6kW.

  • Page 25: Installation - General Guidelines

    INSTALLATION – floor coverings. If the top of the hearth and any combustible floor coverings are GENERAL GUIDELINES level with each other then a retaining Please refer specifically to current fender should be fitted to warn building regulations which apply to your occupants of the hearth area.
  • Page 26 twice the equivalent air space at the specialist advice sought on the correct top of the stove and the non- type. combustible wall parts are at least The Baby Gabriel features optional 200mm (8”) thick. top or rear 125mm (5”) diameter flue Walls adjacent to free-standing stoves outlets and as a Defra Approved Smoke should be made of non-combustible...
  • Page 27 have been used also have inspection particularly if they are made of old or hatches, irrespective of any other porous brick and / or are jointed with hatches in the system. lime mortar, eventually causing unsightly stains on decorative coverings. Flue gases from an efficient stove have temperatures which differ from those •...
  • Page 28 COMMISSIONING Manufacturers Association (BFCMA) produces an authoritative guide to 1 Confirm that all internal parts of the chimneys and flues for wood burning stove are correctly fitted, including the and multi fuel stoves which can be baffle plate downloaded from their website 2 Confirm that the door closes correctly www.bfcma.co.uk.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLE-SHOOTING therefore that your flue system, chimney closure (registration) plate CHIMNEY FIRE and chimney has as many cleaning If your stove has been installed access points as practicable to enable correctly and you have also operated it comprehensive removal of soot, correctly and regularly carried out the creosote and other debris from every recommended routine checks on page...
  • Page 30 STOVE, FLUE OR OTHER situation you should take immediate COMPONENTS GLOWING RED avoiding action. • Prevention • Prevention The Primary and Secondary air controls Open doors and windows to ventilate should be immediately closed to let the the room and let the fire go out to fire die down to an acceptable level and allow the stove to cool.
  • Page 31 combustion air and the advice of the of the air controls so that the fire burns original installer should be sought. with very strong bright yellow flames and with very little difference when • Causes: Extreme weather the air controls are operated. In such conditions High winds or freezing circumstances an adjustable draught temperatures can also temporarily...
  • Page 32 STOVE NOT PROVIDING controls make to the performance of ENOUGH HEAT the stove and the best way to burn your wood fuel. See pages 16 – 21 This problem is also usually indicated by dull orange lifeless flames and wood •...
  • Page 33 ROUTINE CHECKS • Causes: Air Controls Ensure that you fully understand how the Airwash During routine checks if you notice system works and that you have anything wrong with your stove then it determined, through some trial and should be rectified immediately. Never air, the correct balance between use a stove that you know is not fully Primary and Secondary air that your...

  • Page 34: Standing Down

    STANDING DOWN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE There will be some point in the year Please note: In line with other stove when you will not need to use your manufacturers, Hi-Flame baffle plates, stove for a considerable time and taking fire grates and firebricks are regarded care to clean it thoroughly then will as ‘consumable’...
  • Page 35 • Replacing the Firebricks for signs of deterioration and replace if necessary. Firebricks only need replacing when 2 Push the baffle plate upwards as far they have become thin or are crumbling as it can go on the left or right hand and / or the cast iron fire chamber walls side, whichever is easier.
  • Page 36 • Replacing the Glass the stove by simply removing the baffle plate – see above. Sweep your chimney Never use your stove if it has cracked before installation and then at the end or missing glass. Your Hi-Flame dealer of each heating season when you stand can quickly supply you with a new piece down your stove.
  • Page 37 use an aerosol spray on, or near, the liberal amounts of proprietary heat stove when it is burning or it is hot. resistant fire rope glue to hold the rope in position and glue both ends to • Models with an Enamel Finish ensure a well-sealed joint.
  • Page 38 Notice Certificate of Completion, which VERY IMPORTANT: specifically covers the installation of the Your new Olymberyl Baby Gabriel stove, must have been issued. A copy of HF217-SE stove has been CE EN13240 this must be attached to the claim form.
  • Page 39 What the Hi-Flame Warranty covers • Fire Cemented Joints • Fire Bricks (where applicable) • Bodywork • Painted surfaces • Doors, Door Handles and Door Hinges • Spigot / Flue collar The Warranty does not cover an illegally installed stove (see point 1 •...

  • Page 40: Annual Service

    ANNUAL SERVICE Door Seal Check that this continues to make an air-tight seal and replace In the interests of safety it is important if necessary. Ensure that the new rope that your Hi-Flame stove is serviced on joint is also in the middle at the base an annual basis in accordance with the of the rope seal channel.

  • Page 41: First Service

    Date FIRST SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print Dealer’s Stamp or HETAS Registration Number Date SECOND SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print Dealer’s Stamp or HETAS Registration Number Date THIRD SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print...
  • Page 42 Date SIXTH SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print Dealer’s Stamp or HETAS Registration Number Date SEVENTH SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print Dealer’s Stamp or HETAS Registration Number Date EIGHTH SERVICE Work carried out: Next Service Due Signed Print...
  • Page 44 © Hi-Flame 2015. All rights reserved. Booklet contents may not be copied in whole or in part without the prior Cheshire CW4 8AF written permission of the copyright holder. Olymberyl®, Hi-Flame and Baby Gabriel® are the original registered www.hi-flame.com and trading names of Hi-Flame Fireplace (UK) Limited...

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