Understanding Your Fireplace
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Fireplace Screen: The fireplace screen prevents sparks and embers from escaping fireplace. Screen should always be closed when a fire is burning.
CAUTION: Screen handles will become hot.
Fireplace Glass Doors (If Installed): Glass doors must be fully opened or fully closed dur- ing operation of your fireplace. Grate and/or wood should not touch doors.
Air circulation
During operation of fireplace, cool air enters the firebox through lower grills. Heat rises and is expelled into the room through top grill. This is called convection heat.
During periods of extremely cold weather, when fireplace is not being used, the exact opposite may happen. Warm room air will enter upper grill due to extreme cold air near outside of metal firebox. Air cools, drops and
This may be an indication the cold climate installation procedure was not used.
WARNING: Never block a vent or grill of the fireplace. This is important to the cooling of the fireplace and assures a safe and proper operation as designed.
Operating Your Fireplace
1.Keep grate in brackets provided.
2.Open flue damper. During operation damper must be in FULLY OPENED PO- SITION. In cold weather, to assure proper draw, preheat flue by burning a crumpled newspaper in damper area after damper has been fully opened.
3.Open combustion air damper (automatic on some models).
4.Build a fire using the following method:
•Use seasoned dry wood (should be seasoned at least 1 year)
•Crisscross small pieces of wood and place crumpled newspaper under it
•Place 3 logs on grate. DO NOT OVER- LOAD FIREPLACE. Piling excessive wood on the grate will not increase effi- ciency and could cause smoke spillage.
•Light newspaper
5.Fireplace glass doors, if installed, must be in fully opened or fully closed position during operation of fireplace.
CAUTION: Close screen be- fore closing glass doors.
WARNING: Fireplaces equipped with glass doors should be operated only with doors fully opened or doors fully closed. Doors, if left partly open, may draw gas and flame out of the fireplace opening creating risks of both fire and smoke. Doors should warm gradually to prevent breakage.
6.After fire has burned out, do not close damper until embers and ashes have had a chance to completely cool and you are certain there are no warm embers.
7.Dispose of ashes by using a metal con- tainer with a tight lid. Do not remove ashes until you are certain they are burned out and have cooled completely.
This fireplace is not intended to be used as a substitute for a fur- nace to heat an entire home. Use for supplementary heat only.
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