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Before refuelling, open secondary air control fully, open primary air control fully. Open door, add two pieces of
split wood measuring approximately 20cm with a combined weight of 1.15kg. Close the door and leave the
primary and secondary air controls open until fire is re-established with flames. Close primary air control and slide
secondary air control to the operational position (40% open).
BURNING WOOD IN A SMOKE CONTROL AREA
You must purchase a smoke control version of the Westfire Uniq 35 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).
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.
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 super-
vision of smoke control areas and you can contact them for details of Clean Air Act requirements
Using your stove in a smoke control zone.
Only specific SE models are suitable for smoke control areas (see page 4), 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.
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.
To light your stove Smokeless Coal
1. Place a few smaller pieces of dry wood (kindling) in the stove on top of the nontoxic firelighters, place one or
two small dry split and small quantity of Smokeless coal.
2. Fully open the secondary air control above the stove door on right hand side. Fully open primary air control at
base left of stove.Pull open coal switch. Pull out riddling arm fully at base right of stove. The Uniq 35 stoves air
controls are now fully open.
3. Light the firelighters and push door to closed position and close handle to 1st position; this will allow a small
gap in the door for more air to be supplied to stove during ignition period.
4. When the flames are established and the fire is burning brightly load 1.1 kg of smokeless coal and close door
latch to position 2 fully closed.
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