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MAINTENANCE
It is very important to carefully maintain your
fireplace stove, including burning seasoned wood
and maintaining a clean stove and chimney system.
Have the chimney cleaned before the burning season
and as necessary during the season, as creosote
deposits may build up rapidly. Moving parts of your
stove require no lubrication.
CREOSOTE
When wood is burned slowly, it produces tar and
other organic vapours combine with moisture to
form creosote. The creosote vapours condense in
the relatively cool chimney flue of a slow burning
fire. As a result, creosote residue accumulates on
the flue lining. When ignited, this creosote can
result in an extremely hot fire.
The chimney connector and chimney should be
inspected at least once every two months during
the heating season to determine if creosote build
up has occurred. If creosote has accumulated it
should be removed to reduce the risk of chimney fire.
CAUTION: Things to remember in case
of a chimney fire:
1. Close all draft and damper controls.
2. CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Ways to Prevent and Keep Unit
Free of Creosote
1) Burn stove with the draft control wide open
for about 10-15 minutes every morning during
burning season.
2) Burn stove with draft control wide open for
about 10 - 15 minutes every time you apply
fresh wood. This allows the wood to achieve
the charcoal stage faster and burns up any
unburned gas vapours which might otherwise
be deposited within the system.
3) Only burn seasoned wood! Avoid burning
kiln dried, wet or green wood. Seasoned wood
has been dried at least one year.
4) A small hot fire is preferable to a large smoul-
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dering one that can deposit creosote within the
system.
5) The chimney and chimney connector should be
inspected at least once every two months during
the heating season to determine is a creosote
buildup has occurred.
6) Have chimney system and unit cleaned by
competent chimney sweeps twice a year
during the first year of use and at least
once a year thereafter or when a signifi-
cant layer of creosote has accumulated (3
mm/1/8" or more) it should be removed
to reduce the risk of a chimney fire.
DOOR GASKET
If the door gasket requires replacement, use a 7/8"
gasket rope (Part #846-570). A proper high tem-
perature gasket adhesive is required. See your
Regency Dealer.
The door catch may require adjustment as the door
gasket compresses after a few fires. The door latch
compression may require adjustment to renew seal.
Removal of a shim, (see section in this manual),
will allow the latch to be moved closer to the door
frame, causing a tighter seal.
GLASS MAINTENANCE
Your Regency stove is supplied with 5mm Neoceram
ceramic glass (Part #846-308) that will withstand
the highest heat that your unit will produce. In the
event that you break your glass by impact, purchase
your replacement from an authorized Regency dealer
only, and follow our step-by-step instructions for
replacement (refer to Glass Replacement section).
Allow the stove to cool down before cleaning
the glass. Cleaning the glass will prevent build
up of carbon and allow full view of the fire.
WARNING: Do not clean the glass when it is hot.
WARNING: Do not use abrasive cleaners, a damp
cloth and glass cleaner is effective.
WOOD STORAGE
Store wood under cover, such as in a shed, or cov-
ered with a tarp, plastic, tar paper, sheets of scrap
plywood, etc., as uncovered wood can absorb water
from rain or snow, delaying the seasoning process.
LATCH ADJUSTMENT
The door latch may require adjustment as the door
gasket material compresses after a few fires. Re-
moval of the spacer washer, shown in the diagram
below, will allow the latch to be moved closer to
the door frame, causing a tighter seal. Remove
and replace the nuts, washer and spacer as shown.
REMOVING WOODEN
HANDLE
1. To remove the wooden door handle from unit,
firstly locate 7/64" Allen key hole at the bottom
of wooden handle.
2. Unscrew 7/64" Allen Key screw counterclock-
wise. Once the screw is completely loose, re-
move and drop the handle down off the door
handle shaft and replace with new handle.
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