1. ARTE
®
WOOD STOVE - A GREEK QUALITY PRODUCT
Thank you for buying an ARTE
®
wood stove - we believe that you will have as much pleasure from our
product as we have.
Your ARTE
®
wood stove is made in such a way, to extract the maximum possible energy from the wood
with the minimum possible emissions, using the most innovative technology and the most robust design
- made in Greece!
These instructions contain interesting and informative facts and all you need to know about the subjects of
heating, wood, and operating your ARTE
®
wood stove. Please read these instructions carefully before using
your stove for the first time and keep them in a safe place.
2.3 Storing Your Wood
The full potential for heat will not be realized if you neglect the simple chore of piling and protecting your
wood. Proper storage is essential to avoid moisture, bacteria, and insect problems in your home.
To avoid problems with insects and moisture, store the wood as far from your house as is practical. Do not
store wood in your basement; one cord of wood can give off more than 500 liters of water. The basic rule is
to hide the wood from water, but not from the sun or wind (Figs. 1 & 2). Green wood will dry slowly or not at
all if unprotected, while seasoned wood left unprotected may become unseasoned.
There are three basic rules to follow when storing wood:
1. Allow air circulation by piling one tier wide if possible
2. Protect wood from rain and snow by covering with a tarp or woodshed roof
3. Pile wood off the ground on scrap lumber or wooden pallets
The time-honored way to cure wood is to buck, split, and stack wood off the ground for one full year. How-
ever, wood can generally be reduced to 20 per cent moisture content in two to three months. The ideal 10%
to 15% may take longer (almost 18 months).
2. FACTS ABOUT WOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
2.1 Why Use Wood?
With proper forest management, burning wood does not deplete the earth’s resources. Heating with wood
usually does not contribute to global warming. The young trees that replace the trees in your wood stove
absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Burning firewood releases only as much CO
2
as the tree has absorbed
from the atmosphere during its growth. Wood rotting in the forest generates the same amount of CO
2
as
the same wood burning.
Besides being environmentally friendly, the heat from a wood stove warms you like the warming rays of the
sun during the sunny winter days. It is the radiated heat that transmitted by electromagnetic waves in the
infrared range. Even when the air is very cold you can feel the warm rays of the sun on your skin.
Another advantage to wood is that it is produced locally, which creates local employment, and more tax
revenues stay in the province.
2.2 Buying Firewood
Where can I get my firewood?
Buying ready-to-burn firewood
Regenerated ready-to-burn firewood can be purchased from dealers:
> Stove-ready, stored for at least two years
> Pre-dried, stored for one year
> Fresh from the forest
Whether you have cut your own wood or bought it, the important thing is: the wood should be dried for at
least two years before it is burned.
The manuals which are enclosed with the product must be kept
throughout the product’s entire service life.
The ideal residual moisture is 12 - 15% and should be no higher!
APOLLO WOOD STOVE
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Fig. 1 Fig. 2
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