Drolet 45284 User Manual

 

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It is recommended that you change the door gasket (which makes your stove door air tight) once a 
year, in order to insure good control over the combustion, maximum efficiency and security.  To 
change the door gasket, simply remove the damaged one.  Carefully clean the gasket groove, apply a 
high temperature silicone sold for this purpose, and install the new gasket.  Use only the genuine 
Drolet gasket. You may light up your stove again approximately 24 hours after having completed 
this operation.

 

 

Whenever the ashes get 3 – 4” (76 – 102 mm) deep in the firebox, they should be emptied into the  
ash drawer, using the following instructions: 
 

•  Make sure the fire is out, and the stove is cold. 
 
•  Lift the ash dump plug in the center of the firebox by hooking the poker through the loop 

on the cover and lifting up. 

•  Push the ashes through the hole and leave an ash bed of approximately 1” deep on the 

firebox  bottom to help maintain a hot ember bed. 

•  Clear the ashes from the area where the ash dump plug normally sits so that it will 

properly seat against the opening edges. Tap it down with your poker to ensure proper 
seating. 

 

•  Ashes should be placed in a metal container with a tightly fitting lid.  This closed container 

should be placed on a non-combustible floor or on the ground, well away from all 
combustible (heat sensitive) materials, pending final disposal.   

 

•  Cover the ash dump plug with the remaining ashes and continue operation of your stove as 

usual.   

 

•  If the ashes are disposed of by burial in soil or otherwise locally dispersed, they should be 

retained in the closed container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled.  Do not place other 
waste materials in the metal ash container.