Ash Trap Door Cleanout - Buffalo B100 Owner's Installation And Operation Manual

• The gap along the top and bottom of
the glass is called the airwash. Air
enters the burn chamber along this
length of glass, washes along the inner
surface of the glass and helps keep
the glass clean during stove operation.
Not cleaning the airwash on a weekly
basis may cause your glass to become
prematurely soiled.
Once the identified weekly maintenance
procedures have been completed, reinstall
the power cord into the back of the stove, turn
the power switch to the on position and
resume normal stove operation.
Semi-Weekly Stove Maintenance
In addition to the Bi-weekly and Weekly Stove
Maintenance procedures, perform the
following procedure once every other week
(or every 20 to 30 bags of pellets).
Ash trap door cleanout (Weekly or every
10 to 15 bags)
• There are ash trap compartments
located behind the burn chamber,
which trap and prevent excess ash
from exiting the stove.
• There are two ash trap clean out doors
located on the right and left side of the
stove (Figure 22), below the fire brick
which enable you to clean
accumulated ash from the ash trap
compartments located behind the burn
chamber.
Figure 22
Figure 23
• Using a 5/16" nutdriver or socket
extension remove the ash trap
cleanout doors (Figure 23).
• With a trowel pull the ash that has
accumulated behind that ash trap
doors forward to drop into the ash pan
or vacuum any ash that has
accumulated behind the ash trap doors
with a Cheetah Ash Vacuum or any
alternate vacuum with sufficient
filtering to avoid putting ash inside your
home.
• After all ash has been removed from
behind the ash trap cleanout doors,
reinstall the cleanout doors using a
5/16" nutdriver or socket extension.
Ash trap door cleanout may not be
required every week or 10 to 15 bags
depending on various factors. We
suggest cleaning out behind the ash trap
doors weekly until you can get a feel for
the required cleaning frequency. Ash
trap doors should be cleaned before the
cavities behind the ash trap doors
become full. The picture on the right
above shows the ash trap doors 2/3 to
3/4 full, which is an appropriate time to
clean them out.
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