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SAFETY
Overview
To gain maximum enjoyment and benefit from your stove, you must have a safe installation. Adhere to all guidelines
found in this manual. All local and national building codes need to be followed. Having a certified installer perform all
connections to an inspected chimney system is strongly advised. If you choose to perform any or all of this work your-
self, it must be inspected by either a Certified Wood Stove Specialist or a Certified Chimney Specialist.
You will often find the local Fire Department to be very knowledgeable. They may inspect your house for proper
warning devices, fire extinquishers, and evacuation routes. Keep their phone number handy. Although many communi-
ties utilize Fire Department personnel for woodstove installation inspections, they are not usually trained as combustion
venting specialists. Generally, you are best advised to use a certified specialist. The sense of security that comes with a
properly installed and maintained system is worth far more than its cost.
Installation
Your Woodstock Soapstone Stove has been thoroughly tested and listed to UL #1482 by an independent testing labo-
ratory. UL #1482 is the standard for testing solid fuel appliances and is universally recognized by all national building
regulatory agencies, (SBCC, BOCA, ICBO) and individual states. Your woodstove is a safe product, but it must be
installed in accordance with the instructions in this manual. Woodstoves themselves rarely cause fires, but improper
installation or careless operation are often to blame.
Follow the guidelines in the Installation chapter of this manual with regard to:
• Proper chimney and connector pipe
• Clearances to combustible surfaces and objects
• Floor protection
Smoke and the Chimney
According to www.woodheat.org, “The chimney is the engine that drives a wood heat system”. To have a safe system
you must have:
• The correct type of chimney
• The correct size of chimney
• Correct location inside the house
• A properly installed system
Smoke spilling into the living space when starting a fire is an inconvenience. Smoke spilling into the house when you
are away or asleep can be a major problem. In order to have all the smoke go up the chimney all the time, the chimney
must have positive draft. Ideally, this draft is between 10-18 pascals, or .04-.07 inches water column, a pressure measure-
ment, when there is no fire in the stove. A certified installer can perform a simple draft test for this.
Hot Surfaces
Your stove is HOT to the touch! Utilizing the “helping hand” and use of heat resistant or insulated stove gloves can
prevent serious burns when opening or closing the door, ash pan, or lid of your stove.
Ash removal
Convenient and safe ash removal is a necessity for trouble free wood burning. An ash removal container should have:
•A comfortably large capacity
•Good stability
•A top that closes securely and will not fall off
•Legs or other means of preventing downward heat flow
•A design that prevents spilling when loading
Ashes should never be dumped into a combustible container, such as a cardboard box, and an ash container should
never be set on a combustible surface. Hot embers in the ashes can often stay viable for 36 hours or longer after removal
from your stove.
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