Fire Safety, Case of Fire, Glass Cleaning

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FIRE SAFETY

To provide reasonable fire safety, the following should be given serious consideration.

1.Do not over fire the stove.

2.Over-firing will also damage painted or enamel finish.

3.Install a smoke detector in the room.

4.A conveniently located class A fire extinguisher to contend with small fires resulting from burn- ing embers.

5.A practical evacuation plan.

6.A plan to deal with a chimney fire as follows:-

(a)Notify the fire department.

(b)Prepare occupants for immediate evacuation.

(c)Close all openings into the stove.

(d)While awaiting the fire department watch for ignition to adjacent combustibles from over heated flue pipe or from embers or sparks from the chimney.

IN CASE OF FIRE

Close all openings into the stove and watch for igni- tion of adjacent combustibles from over heated stove, or hot embers or sparks from chimney.

VITREOUS ENAMEL CLEANING

General cleaning must be carried out when the stove is thoroughly cool.

If this stove is finished in a high gloss vitreous enamel, to keep the enamel in the best condition observe the following tips:

1.Wipe over daily with a soapy damp cloth, followed by a polish with a clean dry duster.

2.For stubborn deposits a soap impregnated pad can be carefully used on the vitreous enamel.

3.Use only products recommended by the Vitreous Enamel Association, these products carry the Vitramel label.

Association

4.DO NOT USE ABRASIVE PADS OR OVEN CLEANSERS CONTAINING CITRIC ACID ON ENAMELLED SURFACES. ENSURE THAT THE CLEANSER MANUFACTUR- ERS INSTRUCTIONS ARE ADHERED TO.

GLASS CLEANING

The glass will self clean when there is sufficient heat generated by the burning fuel. If a build-up of cre- osote occurs on the glass it may be due to draft con- ditions, poor quality fuel or very low burning for a long time. It is best to clean the glass when it is thoroughly cooled.

GLASS REPLACEMENT

(a)Open the firedoor fully.

(b)Remove the screws and the four segments of the window frame and carefully remove the bro- ken glass.

(c)Clean the glass recess in the door.

(d)Attach adhesive thermal tape to the perimeter of the replacement glass.

(e)Place the thermal tape side of the glass into the door recess and replace the four segments of the window frame.

(f)Tighten screws.

(g)Replace glass only with ceramic glass 5mm thick. (See Fig.16)

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