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HOMEOWNERS GUIDE FOR YOUR
Wood Burning Fireplace
Read this manual carefully before using your wood burning fireplace. Understand and observe all guidelines included in this manual for safe operation of your wood burning fireplace inside your home.
Table of Contents
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Troubleshooting................................................... |
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Understanding Your Fireplace.............................. |
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Fireplace Accessories.......................................... |
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Operating Your Fireplace..................................... |
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Customer Service................................................. |
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Cleaning and Maintenance.................................. |
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20 Year Limited Warranty..................................... |
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Wood Selection.................................................... |
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KEEP THIS MANUAL. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT HOMEOWNER INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WOOD BURNING FIREPLACE.
Important Safety Precautions
The DESAHeating, LLC limited warranty will be voided by, and DESAHeating, LLC will disclaim any responsibility for the following:
1.Improper installation of your DESA Heating, LLC fireplace and DESAHeating, LLC component parts. Consult your installation instructions.
2.Any alteration of DESA Heating, LLC fireplace and/or components.
3.Use of an insert in a DESA Heating, LLC fireplace. DESA Heating, LLC does not recommend or authorize the use of any insert in our fireplaces and will assume no responsibility for any damages caused by an insert.
The safety precautions and operating instructions in this homeowner’s guide cannot cover all possible situations that may arise during use. Caution and care must always be used when operating fireplace.
1.Never start a fire with a liquid fire starter such as gasoline, kerosene, or liquid barbecue starters.
2.Never burn trash or trees (such as Christmas trees) as they can create extremely hot fires and cause sparks that may be hazardous.
3.Never use wood products with synthetic binders. They create creosote in flue system and termination which can be hazardous.
4.Keep children and pets away from hot surfaces to avoid burns. Carefully supervise children when they are in the room with the fireplace. Exposed metal parts and glass doors become very hot.
Understanding Your Fireplace
This firebox has been tested to U.L. 127 test standards and is well insulated for clearances to combustible construction materials used in building a home. Proper clearances are outlined on a label on each component for use by installers and building inspectors to insure compliance.
Firebox:The firebox is the portion of your fireplace where the fire is built. It is made of heavy gauge steel lined with brick patterned refractory material (firebrick) on back, sides and bottom
(hearth). This is surrounded by another metal enclosure on top, back and bottom. Air space between firebox and outer enclosure provides a circulating feature that has been engineered for a safe and efficient design.
Chimney System: The chimney is also made of metal extending from top of fireplace through the roof and capped with a screened termination. Inner liner (flue) of chimney is made of stainless steel and provides for exhaust of gases (carbon monoxide) from the fire. Outer liner is made of galvanized steel and provides passage for cooling air to keep chimney safe at labeled clearance to combustible building materials.
Damper: The damper is the metal disk found at base of chimney (flue) and has 2 positions, open and closed. Flue gas damper is located
inside firebox, similar to a conventional masonry fireplace. See fireplace owner’s manual for operation.
Outside Air Kit Operation: The outside air damper is located on inside of fireplace. See fireplace owner’s manual for operation.
Note: Automatic barometric style dampers are installed on some models.
Fan/Blower: The fan system is designed to enhance the convection principal of your fireplace and is not designed to be a blowing system. The switch located on lower front face of fireplace operates fan.
FireplaceGrate:This unit has been equipped with a grate designed to keep operation of fireplace efficient and safe. Do not alter grate.
Size and position of grate were engineered to give ideal combustion characteristics for the fire. By keeping logs within grate and not on hearth, you will prevent chance of having a log "spill" or roll out of fireplace. DO NOT
OVERLOAD FIREPLACE. Piling excessive wood on grate will not increase efficiency and could possibly cause smoke to enter your room. When replacing grate, only replace with a DESA Heating, LLC replacement grate for your fireplace model.
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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 during 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.
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 ventorgrillofthefireplace.This isimportanttothecoolingofthe fireplaceandassuresasafeand proper operation as designed.
Operating Your Fireplace
1.Keep grate in brackets provided.
2.Open flue damper. During operation damper must be in FULLY OPENED POSITION. 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 OVERLOAD FIREPLACE. Piling excessive wood on the grate will not increase efficiency 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 before closing glass doors.
WARNING: Fireplaces equipped with glass doors should be operated only with doorsfullyopenedordoorsfully closed.Doors,ifleftpartlyopen, 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 container 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 furnacetoheatanentirehome.Use for supplementary heat only.
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