min. 50 cm
mind. 50 cm
mind. 30 cm
min. 30 cm
If a chimney is not cleaned often enough, or if the wrong type of fuel is used (e.g.
damp wood) or the air flow is maladjusted the chimney may catch fire. In this case
close the air supply to the fire chamber and call the fire brigade.
Right
Richtig
Action in case of chimney fire!
Never try to extinguish it yourself using water!
Wrong
Falsch
Air leak due to
ppen doors on
Falschluft durch
stove which is not
offene Türen an
in use
nicht
benutzten
Feuerstätten
Air leak from open pipe
Falschluft durch of-
connection
fenen Rohranschluß
Air leak from
Falschluft durch
badly fited pipe
undichten Rohr-
connection
anschluß
33
Chimney diameter
reduced due to flue being
inserted too far into
Querschnittverengung
im Kam in durch zu
chimney
weit eingeschobene
Abgasrohre
Blockage due to
exhaust gases
interfering with each
Stau durch sich ge-
genseitig
behin-
other
dernde Abgasströ-
me
Air leak from open
Falschluft durch
stove door
offene
Kamin-
türe