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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 chim-
ney 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, which when com-
bined with moisture, form creosote. The cre-
osote 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.
WARNING: 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 morn-
ing 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!
burning wet or green wood. Seasoned
wood has been dried at least one year.
4) A small hot fire is preferable to a large
smouldering one that can deposit creosote
within the system.
Masport Freestanding Woodstove
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 occured.
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 significant layer of creosote has
accumulated (3 mm/1/8" or more) it
should be removed to reduce the risk
of a chimney fire.
GLASS MAINTENANCE
Your Masport stove is supplied with 5 mm
Neoceram ceramic glass (Part #846-302) 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 Masport dealer only, and follow our
step-by-step instructions for replacement.
Allow the stove to cool down before cleaning
the glass, do not clean the glass when it is hot.
Do not use abrasive cleaners.
Avoid
MAINTENANCE
LATCH ADJUSTMENT
The door latch may require adjustment as the
door gasket material compresses after a few
fires. Removal 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.
DOOR GASKET
If the door gasket requires replacement 7/8" (22mm)
diameter material must be used. Masport uses
AMATEX # 10-863KR 7/8" dia. gasket (Part #846-
570). A proper high temperature gasket adhesive
is required. See your Masport Dealer.
WOOD STORAGE
Store wood under cover, such as in a shed, or
covered 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.
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