User manual WANDERS SQUARE BLACK EDITION

[. . . ] Dear Client, Congratulations on your new wood-burning stove, which will be a comfortable source of heat to enjoy for many years on end. When designing this fireplace we took particular care regarding the ease of use, the operational safety and the design. The Square is developed and produced at our own factory in Netterden (the Netherlands) and is for the greater part handmade. Only the best materials are used for the construction and comply with current international standards. [. . . ] You can use all kinds of woods as fuel as long as it is clean, split and dry. Hardwood like oak, beech and birch burn slowly, give off much heat and form charcoal easily. Softer woods like spruce, fir and poplar give more flames but less heat and less charcoal. The best place to store timber is in a windy spot but sheltered from the rain. Pile the logs on an old pallet or a frame to let the wood dry from underneath and to prevent the lower logs from being in contact with water. 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. It is also prohibited to burn plastics and other waste matter due to poisonous smoke development. After the fire is extinguished, the chimney and the stove must be inspected again by your installer. When the chimney is right it will not distribute any smoke into your room, leave any deposit on the glass pane or create bad combustion. Before starting the installation of the stove, your installer or a qualified chimney sweep must check whether the chimney flue has a diameter of at least 150 millimetres over the entire length, and whether the channel is clean, smooth and leak-proof. The best way to burn your stove All WANDERS' stoves are designed so that they give a maximum output. Below are a few tips to give you optimum pleasure: will improve the output within 8 to 10 times. When the door of the stove is open, the chimney will draw more air than is needed for proper combustion. It will also preclude fire damage by any sputtering sparks, especially from softwood. Never put on your cooking hood when you have a stove burning in the same space. There is hardly any draught in the cold chimney when the weather is calm. Since smoke is heavier than air there is the chance of smoke streaming into the room. In foggy weather, the smoke from the chimney (outside) cools quickly and may descend and become a nuisance in your neighbourhood. The materials inside the stove may deform or crack as a result of sudden or great differences in temperature. It helps when the wind near the chimney mouth draws the air from the chimney. [. . . ] Wooden construction parts within the radiation range of the stove (80 cm from the exterior of the stove) must be covered with fireproof material. If the flue tube goes through a ceiling and/or roof that consist of flammable materials, the ceiling and the roof must be covered with fireproof materials all around (about 80 cm). Keep a distance of at least 50 cm (in all directions) between the stove and supporting steel construction parts. Shield off all combustible materials within a radius of 80 cm from the stove openings with non-combustible materials. [. . . ]