Quadra-Fire 5100I-GD-B Indoor Fireplace User Manual


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5100-I ACT WOOD INSERT
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April 21, 2010
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438-0380E
9
Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance
A. General Maintenance
Inspection: Inspect the system at the appliance connection
and at the chimney top. Cooler surfaces tend to build creosote

the top as well as from the bottom.
Formation and Need For Removal
slowly, it produces tar and other organic vapors which
combine with expelled moisture to form creosote.

 
       
1. Creosote (Chimney) Cleaning
• Frequency: Every 2 months during heating season or
as recommended by a certified chimney sweep; more

to 4.87m) measured from bottom of appliance.
• By:
• Task: 
all hot embers before disposal. Allow the appliance to
cool completely. If the chimney has a full reline, remove

insert before cleaning chimney. Otherwise residue

page 32).
         

type of chimney in use. Clean out fallen ashes from the

If the insert is a direct connect within a masonry
        
creosote or soot can be caught in a large garbage bag
secured to the pipe. Clean any remaining debris from

It is also recommended that before each heating
season the entire system be professionally inspected,
cleaned and repaired if necessary. Close the door



If the insert is a direct connect within a masonry
        
creosote or soot can be caught in a large garbage bag
secured to the pipe.
It is also recommended that before each heating season
the entire system be professionally inspected, cleaned
and repaired if necessary.
3. Disposal of Ashes
• Frequency: As necessary
• By:
• Task: Ashes should be placed in a metal container with



disposal. 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.

Disposal of Ashes
WARNING
• Ashes should be placed in metal container

• Do not place metal container on combustible
surface.
• Ashes should be retained in closed container
until all cinders have thoroughly cooled.

 
colorants in your appliance
• Will corrode pipe.
WARNING


WARNING
• Inspect chimney connector and chimney
once every two months during heating
season.
 

 
        

chimney connector and chimney should be inspected once
every 2 months during the heating season to determine if a
creosote or soot buildup has occurred. If creosote or soot


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