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Wet Stove Installation Guide Wet Stove Installation Guide May 2015 BS EN 13240:2001 +A2:2004 CE BK555 Rev09...
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Please carefully read through the entirety of this installation guide before commencing installation. Should you have any questions about our stoves that are not covered in this manual, please contact the Arada retailer in your area, or call our technical support department on 44 (0)1297 35998.
Any manufacturer’s instructions must not be taken as overriding statutory requirements. Arada Ltd will not be responsible for any consequential or incidental loss or injury however caused. Any further warnings in this document will be marked out in a box such as this one. Ignoring the warnings could lead to damage/injury to persons and/or property.
Wet Stove Installation Guide During installation ensure that adequate precautions are taken to avoid unnecessary risk to yourself or any householder. The danger from the caustic nature of re cement, should be avoided by using these accepted methods: Wear gloves when handling re cement.
Wet Stove Installation Guide In most buildings with solid concrete or stone oors, the requirement will be met by the oor itself, but mark the hearth to ensure oor coverings are kept well away or use di erent levels to mark the hearth perimeter.
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HETAS Guide which can be found on the HETAS website. If you plan to use an external air supply on a suitable stove, and have bought the appropriate Arada External Air Supply Kit, please refer to the instructions included with the kit on how to install it.
Wet Stove Installation Guide 4 Flue and Chimneys The stove must be connected to a suitable and e cient ue so that products of combustion (fumes) from the stove are expelled to the outside air. Please remember that chimney draught is dependent on four main factors : •...
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Wet Stove Installation Guide • Factory Made Insulated Chimney : Complying with BS 4543:Part 2 (often called Class 1 prefabricated metal chimney). These types of chimneys should be installed in accordance with Building Regulations and BS EN 15287-1:2007. Due to the gradual introduction of European Chimney Standards chimneys will be speci ed according to their performance designation as de ned in BS EN 1443 that covers the General Requirements for chimneys.
Wet Stove Installation Guide If the stove appears to be working hard but produces very little output to the room it is likely that excess draw is present in the chimney, and that heat is being sucked out of the appliance and up the chimney. If this is the case we recommend the tting of a draught stabiliser in preference to a ue damper, in the interest of safety and e ciency.
Wet Stove Installation Guide Figure 1: Grate Bars shown seated on their comb outside the stove. 5.3 Fitting the spigot outlet to the stove With the exception of the Stratford Ecoboiler 7, the ue outlet spigot is found packed inside the appliance. The hot plate is supplied tted to the top opening and is removed by turning clockwise.
Wet Stove Installation Guide Figure 2: Fitting the ue pipe inside the spigot collar. 5.5 Fire Bed Surrounds Cast re bed surrounds are supplied with the boiler stove and should be tted into the retaining holes in the rear grate bar support.
Wet Stove Installation Guide 5.7 Sealing the back and base of inset stoves to a re surround In order for the stove to operate correctly and at maximum e ciency it is necessary to achieve a good seal between the back face of the stove convector section, the stove back base sections and the decorative re surround and hearth.
All Arada Boiler Stoves must be installed in an indirect vented (also known as open vented) central heating system Connecting pipes should be screwed to a maximum depth of 19mm for the face of the tapping boss (1"...
Wet Stove Installation Guide should not be tted with a control valve as it should never be turned o or down. The hot water cylinder must be indirect with a minimum capacity of 110 litres conforming to BS 1566 part 1.
Wet Stove Installation Guide There must not be any shut-o valves in the circuit. Pipes should be run so as to avoid air locks. A safety valve should be tted into the expansion pipe close to the boiler. The expansion pipe should not be branched o from the cold water feed pipe to ensure that it cannot be blocked by any sediment matter originating from the expansion tank.
Wet Stove Installation Guide • Now remove the two M5 screws securing the thermostat to the stove body. The thermostat should now be free and you will be able to carefully remove it from the stove body. • On the rear of the stove remove the thermostat sensor from its pocket and push this carefully through the hole in corner cut-out of the stove.
Wet Stove Installation Guide Now measure (as show in Figure 6 on the preceding page) the high end of the damper plate between the bench and the top edge of the damper, (the edge furthest from the control knob). This should be 29mm +/- 1mm, if not adjust as follows: •...
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Wet Stove Installation Guide To remove ash from the inner left landing cavity: • Make sure the stove is unlit and cold. • Open the re door and remove the ash pan. • Clean the under grate area carefully with a vacuum cleaner.
Wet Stove Installation Guide 8 Final check list and commissioning the stove Before handing over the installation to the customer it is a requirement under Document J (of the Building Regulations for England Wales) that the appliance is lit and the functioning of the chimney system is checked for satisfactory operation.
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Wet Stove Installation Guide Operate the heating system and set the pump head. Balance the radiators. Re-vent and ensure there are no air locks. Check all joints and seals. Clean the outside of the appliance to prevent any stains becoming burnt on.
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