7.1. CLEANING TO BE PERFORMED BY THE USER
7.1.1. Cleaning the glass
Specific products can be used to clean the glass (see our price list), a
cloth dampened with water and ammonia or a bit of white ash and a
newspaper.
To open the flap door (
figure 14)
to clean the glass, COMPLETELY
LOWER THE GLASS and open the flap door as shown in the figure
using the handle. You can open this handle using your hands or with
the hook provided.
To close, perform the steps listed above in reverse order.
7.1.2. Cleaning out the ashes
This must be done when the fireplace stove is off and cold.
It is advisable to adequately clean the fire bed for proper combustion.
To remove the ashes from the fire bed, use a metal scoop and brush.
Place the ashes in a non-flammable container for transport.
Ashes which are still hot must neither be dumped outside in an
uncontrolled manner nor put in the dustbin. Leave them to cool
down in the open air in a metal container.
7.1.3. Cleaning the refractory material walls (ALUTEC
®
)
They do not require any cleaning, since the feature of this material
(ALUTEC
®
) is that it does not absorb soot but rather repels it when the
fire box is hot. During the lighting phase, during which the fire box
tends to blacken, the refractory materials will turn white again, starting
from the base of the flame, when the combustion chamber reaches its
operating temperature (~ 400° C).
If this does not happen, it may be due to the following:
Humid or resinous wood that does not release enough heat or
that dirties the combustion chamber
(see chapter 6.3)
Flue pipe with poor performance resulting in smoke remaining
too long in combustion chamber, dirtying the fire box.
Flue pipe with poor performance which does not allow fireplace
stove to reach high yield that results in adequate temperature of
the refractory material.
