WARNING

Continued overfiring can permanently damage your fireplace system. Some examples of overfiring are:

•Burning quantities of scrap lumber, pine branches, paper or cardboard boxes which exceed the volume of the normal log fire.

•Burning trash, chemicals or chemically treated combus- tibles.

AVERTISSEMENT

Si vous surchauffez continuel- lement votre foyer, vous pour- riez l’endommager de façon permanente. Voici quelques exemples:

•Vous brûlez des déchets, du bois de construction, des branches de pins, du papier, des boîtes de carton qui excè- dent le volume de feu de bois normal du foyer. Vous risquez sérieusement d’endommager votre système.

•Vous brûlez des substances telles que : enduit protecteur pour le bois, papier métallique, charbon, plastique, rebuts, souffre ou huile vous pourriez gravement endommager votre foyer. Ne brûlez que du bois non-traité.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: "Smoke Free" operation is not warranted nor are we responsible for inadequate system draft, general construction conditions, inadequate chimney heights, adverse wind conditions and/or unusual environmental factors or conditions beyond our control.

If you do experience a problem, here are several things to check:

1.Remember – always check to ensure your flue damper is in the open position before lighting a fire!

2.When lighting your fire, a little smoke may escape into the room – more likely if the chimney is cold. To correct this, hold a lighted newspaper up inside the firebox near the open flue damper. This will turn around any downdraft and clear the flue of cold air. As your log fire burns below, the updraft will improve as the chimney heats up.

3.Is your fire too far forward? Move it toward the back with your poker. Keep the fire well within the confines of your fuel grate.

4.Keep your fire up on the grate and the re- fractory below free of excessive ashes. The fire needs plenty of air movement around the logs.

5. In indoor installations, if smoking occurs an hour or two after lighting the fire, perhaps your well-insulated house is too airtight and there is scarcely any way for replacement air to enter and feed the fire. Check to see if your outside combustion air kit, if installed, is open (see Figure 3). Check outside to ensure no obstructions are in front of exterior air entry. Open a window slightly, open doors to one or two rooms and see if this stops the smoking.

NOTE: DIAGRAMS & ILLUSTRATIONS ARE NOT TO SCALE.

6.Is a vent fan, exhaust hood or central heat- ing/cooling system stealing combustion air from your fireplace? If their volume is high enough, this can cause negative pressure and an unwanted downdraft – and smok- ing.

7.Is your wood fuel too wet or unseasoned? Or does it contain some chemical substance that causes sputtering, smoking and toxic fumes?

8.Is a breeze or wind blowing? This can cause negative pressure and an unwanted downdraft – and smoking.

9.Figure 6 illustrates the correct height of your chimney top for indoor installations. It is unlikely that your installation does not adhere to the installation instructions. How- ever, if not correct, you could experience an unusual downdraft. Usually, the best solution is to increase the chimney height. This may also be necessary if nearby trees, adjoining roof lines or a hill is causing a downdraft condition.

10.Remember, your fireplace has been de- signed as a supplemental heating device only, it is not intended to heat your entire home.

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