Ashley AC2000 - Installation and Safety; General Safety and Positioning

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INSTALLATION
SAFETY NOTICE
• If this stove is not properly installed, a house re may result. To reduce the risk of re, follow the installation
instructions.
• Consult your municipal building department or re ofcials about permits, restrictions and installations
requirements in your area.
• Use smoke detectors in the room where your stove is installed.
• Keep furniture and drapes well away from the stove.
• Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter uid, or similar liquids to start or
“freshen up” a re in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it is in use.
• In the event of a chimney re, push the air control full closed to deprive the re of oxygen. Call the re
department.
• Do not connect to any air distribution duct or system.
• A source of fresh air into the room or space heated shall be provided when required.
POSITIONING THE STOVE
It is very important to position the wood stove as close as possible to the chimney, and in an area that will favor
the most efcient heat distribution possible throughout the house. The stove must therefore be installed in the
room where the most time is spent, and in the most spacious room possible. Recall that wood stoves produce
radiating heat, the heat we feel when we are close to a wood stove. A wood stove also functions by convection,
that is through the displacement of hot air accelerated upwards and its replacement with cooler air. If necessary,
the hot air distribution from the stove may be facilitated by the installation of a blower.
The wood stove must not be hooked up to a hot air distribution system since an excessive accumulation of heat
may occur.
A wood stove must never be installed in a hallway or near a staircase, since it may block the way in case of re
or fail to respect required clearances.