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Lighting Instructions Lighting in the right way Your Contura fireplace is designed to provide secondary heating in your home. It is important that the correct amount of wood is used, especially when lighting. If you are lighting the fire for the first time, you should use a set of scales to see how much 1,7 kg kindling is.
Lighting Instructions Lighting the fi re NOTE: The left handle that controls the grate disc and booster must be Note that if too little kindling is used when lighting, or if the wood is too closed when lighting the fire. thickly cut, the firebox will not reach the correct operating temperature.
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Lighting Instructions Adding logs Feeding wood: 1. Open the door a few centimetres and allow the vacuum in the firebox to Chopped wood equalise for a few seconds before opening the door fully. Length: 25-33 cm Diameter: 7-9 cm 2. Add 2 logs weighing about 1,1-1,3 kg together. Place one log diagonally Normal amount: 1,3 kg/hour (2 logs) across the other as illustrated.
Lighting Instructions Choosing fuel The wood’s moisture content All types of wood, such as birch, beech, oak, elm, ash, conifers and fruit Fresh wood is about 50 per cent water. The wood must always be dried so trees can be used as fuel in the fireplace. Different types of trees have that the moisture content is below 20%.
Lighting Instructions STOVE MAINTENANCE Door in open position, for cleaning/service The door can be secured in the open position using the locking lever on The fireplace glass may become sooty even when using dry wood the left side of the stove. with a moisture content of 15 - 20%.
Lighting Instructions UK Smoke control areas The Contura 800 Style series, 5 kW woodburning stoves listed below have been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas when burning wood logs and operated in accordance with these instructions and when fitted with a permanent stop to prevent closure of the air control vent beyond the 30% open position when sold into smoke control areas.
Lighting Instructions IMPORTANT WARNING This stove must not be installed into a chimney that serves any other heating appliance. 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. Properly installed, operated and maintained this stove will not emit fumes into the dwelling.
Lighting Instructions Combustion air supply In order for the stove to perform efficiently and safely there must be an adequate air supply into the room in which the stove is installed to provide combustion air. The provision of air supply to the stove must be in accordance with current Building Regulations Approved Document J. Special attention should be taken in newer build properties where the design air permeability is less than 5m3/h.m2.
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Lighting Instructions Possible causes of malfunctions and how to rectify them There is poor draft in the fireplace after new Excessive amounts of soot form on the glass installation There is always a certain amount of soot on the glass and this is added to with each lighting.
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Lighting Instructions Damper Blocker, mandatory for Smoke Control Areas The damper block is magnetic but must also be clamped between the two steel bars as indicated in the diagram below. Damper Blocker for C800 Style...
In serious cases, ash can find its way out through the damper. • Modifications to the stove must not be carried out by unauthorised persons. NIBE AB Box 134 SE-285 23 Markaryd Sweden contura.eu Contura reserves the right to change dimensions and procedures specified in these instructions at 811393 BAV SE-EX C800 Style-3 any time without notice.
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