Operating Your Wood Inbuilt; The Use Of A Fire Screen; Your First Fires - Osburn Matrix Inbuilt Installation And Operation Manual

Osburn Matrix Inbuilt Installation and Operation Manual
4 OPERATING YOUR WOOD INBUILT
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NEVER OVERFIRE YOUR WOOD INBUILT. IF ANY PART OF THE WOOD INBUILT STARTS TO
GLOW RED, OVER FIRING IS HAPPENING. READJUST THE AIR INTAKE CONTROL AT A LOWER
SETTING.
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NEVER LOAD YOUR WOOD INBUILT UP TO THE BAFFLE. ALWAYS LEAVE 5 TO 10
CENTIMETERS TO ALLOW PROPER COMBUSTION THROUGH SECONDARY AIR OPENINGS
(NEVER PUT WOOD ABOVE THE FIREBRICK LINING ON THE FIREBOX). THIS WILL ALSO
PREVENT OVERFIRING OF YOUR WOOD INBUILT.
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SHOULD THERE BE A SOOT OR CREOSOTE FIRE IN YOUR FLUE SYSTEM, CLOSE THE AIR
CONTROL COMPLETELY. IMMEDIATELY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
4.1 THE USE OF A FIRE SCREEN.
This wood inbuilt has been tested for use with an open door in conjunction with a fire screen
(AC01315, sold separately). Make sure the fire screen is properly secured on the wood inbuilt to
avoid any risk of sparks damaging your flooring. When the fire screen is in use, do not leave the
wood inbuilt unattended so that you can respond promptly in the event of smoke spillage into the
room. Potential causes of smoke spillage are described in Section 9 The Flue System of this
manual. See Appendix 5: Installing the Fire Screen (AC01315) for installation instructions.
OPERATING WITH THE FIRE SCREEN INCREASES POSSIBILITIES OF GENERATING CARBON
MONOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS AN ODOURLESS GAS THAT IS HIGHLY TOXIC AND WHICH
CAN CAUSE DEATH AT HIGH CONCENTRATION IN AIR.
4.2 YOUR FIRST FIRES
Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal
components of the wood inbuilt are conditioned.
As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but they do
smell bad. Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when you first
light your wood inbuilt, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate the house. As
you burn hotter and hotter fires, more of the painted surfaces reach the curing temperature of the
paint. The smell of curing paint does not disappear until you have burned one or two very hot
fires.
Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build bigger and
hotter fires until there is no longer any paint smell from the wood inbuilt. Once the paint smell
disappears, your wood inbuilt is ready for serious heating.
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