User manual WANDERS SOLEA ELEGANCE GAS DIMENSIONS

[. . . ] This ensures that the stove radiates 70% of the heat output through convection to your room while the remaining 30% heat is released through radiation via the glass area. It is common practice for the dealer where you purchased your stove to also take care of installing it. If this is not the case, please ensure that the installation is done by a certified installer. A certified installer can also give you the right advice about the flue tube to which the stove must be connected. [. . . ] This is a natural process for which WANDERS cannot be held responsible. to minimize discolouring we refer to the advice given for atmospheric hearths. When you light the stove for the first time, the hearth must still `anneal' and temper itself. It may blacken the glass pane of your stove with soot and build up smut in the flue pipe. Cleaved wood still contains 20% moisture after drying it for a year and moisture percentage will be decreased to 12 to 15% after drying it for two years. Dry wood gives nice flames and little or no smoke, and the fire will crackle when burning. Wet wood makes a hissing sound, gives much smoke and only small flames which Will considerably dampen the pleasure of burning your stove and the heat output. When the door is closed, the high heat will melt the paraffin from the logs too quickly. The polluted flue gasses which consequently develop will deposit on and burn in the glass of your stove and cannot be removed later. Do not use any wood that is painted, impregnated, glued together or processed in any other way. The flue gases are very harmful to the environment and may affect your stove. This includes the roof or wall ducts and the outlet just outside the wall. Do not place any combustible materials, such as curtains, wooden objects (cupboards, paintings) close to the fireplace or the flue tube. A minimum distance of 100 cm is required, measured from the exterior of the stove or from the flue tube. If the floor around the fireplace is made of combustible material you must use a floor slab. Have your wood-burning stove only repaired by a certified installer and use original parts. Netherlands, gives a guarantee of five years after the purchase date of your wood-burning stove, provided that the fireplace is properly installed and used in accordance with the instructions in the manual. The guarantee includes all defects which can be reduced to flaws in material and construction, in which case you will receive the new parts free of charge. You can send defect parts (shipping paid) to WANDERS [The Netherlands]. A WANDERS wood-burning stove is a comfortable and safe heat source in your home. Fire safety starts with proper installation and a flue tube that is in good working order. That is why your installer must adhere to the installation requirements as given in page 19 and further. [. . . ] For reasons of fire safety is it important to observe the instructions below before installing the stove. The free distance from the fire-proof rear wall is at least 10 cm in each rotated position. Keep at least a distance of 80 cm between the stove and combustible objects such as curtains, wooden objects (cupboards and paintings) and glass objects. Wooden construction parts within the radiation range of the stove (80 cm from the exterior of the stove) must be covered with fireproof material. [. . . ]