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20 Nov 2015

Over-Firing Your Stove

By Charnwood South Africa

Over-firing your stove is the phrase you do not want to hear from your stove supplier following damage to your stove! Damage caused by over-firing is not covered under ANY manufacturer’s warranty.

However, any decent stove should last you a lifetime provided it is maintained properly and used correctly. Yes, some internal components will wear out – that is just the nature of the product – but the main body of your stove should last you decades.

So how can you avoid over firing your stove and so avoid costly and unnecessary repairs or even replacement of your beloved fireplace? In this article we provide some valuable guidance.

What is over-firing?

Simply put, it means burning your fuel too hot, thereby running the stove’s temperature hotter than it is designed to handle – hotter than the materials of the stove can take.

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16 Nov 2015

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

By Charnwood South Africa

Carbon monoxide poisoning claims about 4,000 lives a year in the U.S. (figures for SA not available). In addition, about 10,000 people are made ill by lower levels of exposure to carbon monoxide (US).

What is it?

Carbon monoxide is a by-product of combustion. The less complete the burning (combustion), the more carbon monoxide is generated. One of the reasons carbon monoxide is so deadly is that you generally can’t see or smell it: rarely do its victims have any warning. Low levels of poisoning tend to cause flu-like symptoms, so that people think they are just catching a cold. More advanced poisoning can cause vomiting and headaches and even death. Carbon monoxide is deadly because it tricks the body into thinking it is oxygen. The body actually prefers carbon monoxide, choosing it over oxygen when both are present in the atmosphere.

Once in the body, carbon monoxide goes everywhere in the body, including the brain. Children, in particular, are quite susceptible to brain damage after relatively low levels of exposure.

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22 Sep 2015

Summertime maintenance for your stove

By Charnwood South Africa

Summer is here and the last thing you will probably be thinking about is your fireplace but before the miserable winter is a long-forgotten memory, some quick maintenance now will extend the lifespan of your stove, ensure a safe heating appliance for you and your family and have you ready to fire up for next winter.

Tip 1) External metalwork maintenance.

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18 Aug 2015

Combatting Condensation on your Stove

By Charnwood South Africa

Combatting Condensation on your Stove.

The damage caused by condensation is not to be undere -stimated. Your stove is a metallic product. Regardless of whether your wood burner is made from Cast Iron or Boiler Plate Steel, whether you paid R5,000 or R50,000 for it, your stove will be highly susceptible to rust if it sits with a coating of condensation on it regularly.

Here is one example we were called out to view:

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