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CONTROLS on WESTFIRE UNIQ 26,27 & 28
Door operation
When opening the door of your Westfire stove always wear the glove that is provided to protect your hand from
possible heat. The handle pulls out right away from the fire. When shutting the door push the door closed and
push the handle until the handle firmly closes.
WOOD FUEL
IMPORTANT: Never use toxic wood such as chipboard, impregnated or painted wood.
Good quality wood is the most important factor in your stove working efficiently and cleanly. Always use dry
firewood. The dryness of the firewood plays an important role since the use of wet wood results in poor fuel
economy and may cause a tarry sooty film on the internals of the stove.
Newly cut wood contains 60–70% water, making it totally unsuitable for use as firewood.
Newly cut wood should be stacked and air dried under cover for two years before being used as firewood.
SOLID SMOKELESS FUELS – Westfire stoves are only CE/EN/HETAS tested and approved for wood. It is possible,
however, to use other types of fuel with due care. When using coal/smokeless fuel you must use a coal insert and
a mix of 80% wood, 20% coal. Please note coal reduces the lifetime of the stove and the chimney considerably.
PETROLEUM COKE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR USE ON THIS STOVE; ITS USE WILL INVALIDATE THE GUARANTEE
Overnight burning
Westfire stoves are wood stoves, wood burns more efficiently and cleanly if is burnt hotter. Westfire do not
recommend that their stoves are burnt overnight for this reason.
As a night time regime we recommend that the fire is loaded when hot and burnt for five minutes with the
secondary air valve fully open until the new wood has taken and is burning, then close the secondary air valve to
its operational position.
On returning to the stove in the morning the fire will have burn out, reload with some paper or firelighter and
some kindling and open all the values fully open and the stove will relight quickly. Beware as the ash bed will
have hot embers.
Use of operating tools
Always use the operating tools provided when handling parts likely to be hot when the stove is in use.
Maintenance
Westfire UNIQ 26,27, & 28 wood stove needs to have the ash removed from the stove at regular intervals. Make
sure the stove is completely cold before cleaning out ash (embers can remain hot for over 24 hours).
To clean the outside of the stove use a dry cloth.
You must purchase a smoke control version of the Westfire stove which is modified slightly to comply with
regulations. Any change to this modification will invalidate the stoves compliance for smoke control areas.
The Clean Air Act 1993 and 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).
In England appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the Secretary of State in accordance with changes
made to sections 20 and 21 of the Clean Air Act 1993 by section 15 of the Deregulation Act 2015. In Scotland
appliances are exempted by publication on a list by Scottish Ministers under section 50 of the Regulatory Reform
(Scotland) Act 2014. Similarly, In Northern Ireland appliances are exempted by publication on a list by the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs under Section 16 of the Environmental Better regulation
Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. In Wales appliances are exempted by regulations made by Welsh Ministers.
Further information on the requirements of the Clean Air Act can be found here:
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https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
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.
The WESTFIRE UNIQ 26,27 & 28 SE stoves have been recommended as suitable for use in smoke control areas
when burning wood logs. The appliances have been fitted with a modification to fix the air controls at 44% open
(20 mm from closed) for WESTFIRE UNIQ 26,27 & 28 model in its minimum position.
Only specific SE models are suitable for smoke control areas, alterations should not be attempted.
Westfire smoke control stoves should not be burnt with the door left open.
The refuelling procedure : - allow the newly charged fuel to burn with the secondary air control set at maximum
for up 3 to 4 minutes. After this period, with flames from the logs fully established, close the secondary air supply
to the low output setting. When operating at high output (secondary air set fully open) the new refuel charge
does not require any boost air to establish combustion.
RE-FUELLING WHEN BURNING WOOD
BURNING WOOD IN A SMOKE CONTROL AREA
To re-fuel your stove in the cleanest way only refuel your stove when flames have died down and you have
glowing embers. Before refuelling, open air controls fully and slide. Unlatch door to equalise pressure with the
room. Open door gently, add one piece of wood WESTFIRE UNIQ 26,27 & 28 and close the door. Once the flames
from the logs are fully established move air control to nominal position. The stove is only suitable for intermittent
use only: do not run overnight or for long periods unattended.
Experience will determine the settings that produce best results. Use a flue thermostat to check the stove is not
overheating. Flue thermostats should be placed directly above collar of the stove on a non insulated section of
pipe. (efficient operating temperature range is between 200c and 400c?)
Stove
WF26
WF27
WF28
SE MODELS – smoke exemption modification
Smoke exempt models are factory fitted with a air stop on the air control slider:
SMOKELESS COAL, HOUSE COAL AND PETROLEUM COKE ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR USE ON THIS STOVE; ITS USE WILL
INVALIDATE THE GUARANTEE
SOLID SMOKELESS FUELS – WESTFIRE UNIQ 26,27 & 28 models are NOT suitable for use with smokeless fuels and
have not been tested to the relevant European standard. Only use wood for these stoves.
Refuelling on to a low fire bed
If there is insufficient burning material in the firebed to light a new fuel charge, excessive smoke emission can
occur. Refuelling must be carried out onto a sufficient quantity of glowing embers and ash that the new fuel
charge will ignite in a reasonable period. If there are too few embers in the fire bed, add suitable kindling to
prevent excessive smoke.
Operation with door left open
Operation with the door open can cause excess smoke. The appliance must not be operated with the appliance
door left open except as directed in the instructions.
Dampers left open
Operation with the air controls or appliance dampers open can cause excess smoke. The appliance must not be
operated with air controls, appliance dampers or door left open except as directed in the instructions.
Fuel Overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specified in this manual should not be exceeded, overloading can cause excess smoke.
Log length & weight
2 pieces approx 20 cm, 1.3 kg
2 pieces approx 20 cm, 1.3 kg
2 pieces approx 20 cm, 1.3 kg
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