The Clean Air Act 1993 And Smoke Control Areas - Dik Geurts Jannik Medium Low EA Instructions D'installation

Use of operating tools
Always use the operating tools provided when handling parts likely to be hot when the stove is in use.
Aerosol sprays
Do not use an aerosol spray on or near the stove when it is alight.

5.5.2 The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas

Smoke Control Areas
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of the authority to be a
smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed
boiler if located in a designated smoke control area. It is also an offence to acquire an "unauthorised fuel" for use
within a smoke control area unless it is used in an "exempt" appliance ("exempted" from the controls which
generally apply in the smoke control area).
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has powers under the Act to authorise smokeless
fuels or exempt appliances for use in smoke control areas in England. In Scotland and Wales this power rests with
Ministers in the devolved administrations for those countries. Separate legislation, the Clean Air (Northern Ireland)
Order 1981, applies in Northern Ireland. Therefore it is a requirement that fuels burnt or obtained for use in smoke
control areas have been "authorised" in Regulations and that appliances used to burn solid fuel in those areas
(other than "authorised" fuels) have been exempted by an Order made and signed by the Secretary of State or
Minister in the devolved administrations.
Several of the DG fires described in this manual have been recommended for use in smoke control areas - see
section 9 for details. Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here:
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/
Your local authority is responsible for implementing the Clean Air Act 1993 including designation and supervision
of smoke control areas and you can contact them for details of Clean Air Act requirements.
How to contact your Local Authority for location of smoke control areas:
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/locations.php
Exempt appliances
Exempt appliances are appliances (ovens, wood burners and stoves) which have been exempted by Statutory
Instruments (Orders) under the Clean Air Act 1993 or Clean Air (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. These have passed
tests to confirm that they are capable of burning an unauthorised or inherently smoky solid fuel without emitting
smoke.
Appliances which are authorized for use in Smoke Control Areas:
http://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/appliances.php
5.6 Outside air connection (if applicable)
Some fires can be provided with an outside air connection. For an optimum operation of the appliance, the
following should be taken into account in case of an outside air connection:
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Further information on the outside air connection, if applicable, can be found in section 9 'Appliance specific
information'.
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The passage of the outside air connection and possibly the passage of a grate may not be smaller than the
passage of the outside air connection on the fire.
Make sure the maximum underpressure created in the combustion air supply pipe is 4 pascal. If a higher
underpressure is created, the fire will not function properly and (hot) flue gases may flow back into the
supply pipe.
Prevent placing the outside air supply in an underpressure area on the outside of the house. If possible, place
a supply pipe with T piece to 2 sides of the house.
The combustion air supply pipe may not be placed higher than the bottom of the fire. This will prevent flue
gases from flowing back.
The combustion air pipe that is connected to the fire should be made of non combustible material.
The fire will function properly with a flexible pipe with a maximum length of 11 metres and 4 bends. In case
of a longer pipe or more bends, we recommend placing a pipe with a larger diameter (100-125mm).
If a crawl space is properly aerated with open grates, it is allowed to retrieve combustion air from there. If
there is no proper aeration in the crawl space, it is possible that harmful radon gases are drawn in. This is not
allowed according to national regulations.
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