Desa Wood Burning Fireplace - Manual (Page 3)

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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.
UNDERSTaNDING YOUR FIREplacE
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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.
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
re-enters room through lower grill.
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.