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September 1, 2008

Do not over-fire.
Over-firing  may  ignite  creosote  or  will  damage 

the stove and chimney.
To prevent over-firing your stove, DO NOT:
•  Use flammable liquids

•  Overload with wood

•  Burn trash or large amounts of scrap lumber

•  Permit too much air to the fire

Symptoms of over-firing may include one or more of the 

following:
 •  Chimney connector or appliance glowing
 •  Roaring, rumbling noises
  •  Loud cracking or banging sounds
 •  Metal warping
  •  Chimney fire

 •  Immediately close the door and air controls to reduce

air supply to the fire.

  •  If you suspect a chimney fire, call the fire department 

and evacuate your house.

 •  Contact your local chimney professional and have your

stove and stove pipe inspected for any damage.

 •  Do not use your stove until the chimney professional

informs you it is safe to do so.

Hearth  &  Home  Technologies  WILL  NOT  warranty  stoves 

that exhibit evidence of over-firing.  Evidence of over-firing 

includes, but is not limited to:
 •  Warped air tube
  •  Deteriorated refractory brick retainers
  •  Deteriorated baffle and other interior components

Burn only dry seasoned wood. Store wood under cover, out

of the rain and snow. Dry and well-seasoned wood will not

only minimize the chance of creosote formation, but will give

you the most efficient fire.  Even dry wood contains at least 

15% moisture by weight, and should be burned hot enough

to keep the chimney hot for as long as it takes to dry the 

wood out - about one hour. It is a waste of energy to burn

unseasoned wood of any kind.
Dead wood lying on the forest floor should be considered wet, 

and requires full seasoning time.  Standing dead wood can 

be considered to be about 2/3 seasoned. To tell if wood is

dry enough to burn, check the ends of the logs.  If there are 

cracks radiating in all directions from the center, it is dry.  If 

your wood sizzles in the fire, even though the surface is dry, 

it may not be fully cured.
Splitting wood before it is stored reduces drying time. Wood

should  be  stacked  so  that  both  ends  of  each  piece  are 

exposed to air, since more drying occurs through the cut ends

than the sides. This is true even with wood that has been

split. Store wood under cover, such as in a shed, or covered

with a tarp, plastic, tar paper, sheets of scrap plywood, etc.,

as  uncovered  wood  can  absorb  water  from  rain  or  snow,

delaying the seasoning process.

In recent years there has been an increasing concern about

air quality.  Much of the blame for poor air quality has been 

placed on the burning of wood for home heating. In order to

improve  the  situation,  we  at  Quadra-Fire  have  developed 

cleaner-burning  woodstoves  and  inserts  that  surpass  the

requirements  for  emissions  established  by  our  governing 

agencies. These appliances must be properly operated in

order to insure that they perform the way they are designed

to perform. Improper operation can turn most any woodstove

or insert into a smoldering environmental hazard.

1.  Kindling or First Stage
It helps to know a little about the actual process of burning 

in order to understand what goes on inside a woodburning

appliance.  The first stage of burning is called the kindling 

stage. In this stage, the wood is heated to a temperature

high  enough  to  evaporate  the  moisture  which  is  present

in all wood. The wood will reach the boiling point of water

(1°F) and will not get any hotter until the water is evapo-

rated.  This process takes heat from the coals and tends to 

cool the appliance.
Fire requires three things to burn - fuel, air and heat.  So, if 

heat is robbed from the appliance during the drying stage, the

new load of wood has reduced the chances for a good clean