How to clean a pellet stove

How to clean a pellet stove

Cleaning a pellet stove it is a process that includes several steps: you will have to start with cleaning the brazier, i.e. the chamber in which the combustion process takes place.

Next, you will have to move on to cleaning the glass.
Both internally and externally. The third aspect to pay attention to will be the ashtray drawerin which all the material deriving from the combustion of the pellets is deposited.

The most important aspect is the brazier, defined as the beating heart of your pellet stove.

To clean it, all you have to do is open the combustion chamber using the appropriate door, remove the container and vacuum the ash.

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This operation will necessarily have to be carried out with a aspiracene special, so that even the most stubborn residues can be removed effectively and delicately.

Once this is done, we will think about the glass.

The latter must be cleaned both inside and outside with some absorbent paperthen dry everything with a dry cloth. To clean the ashtray, simply do as previously mentioned.

How often to clean the pellet stove

With the winter season now fully underway, and with the harsh climate becoming less and less bearable, many people are tackling cleaning pellet stove.

This is a procedure that must be done regularly, and it is precisely here that we need to distinguish the various types of existing cleaning. Only in this way will it be possible to understand how often to clean the pellet stove.

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If we are talking about extraordinary cleaning, this will have to be carried out approximately two or three times a month. And above all, regardless of the use made of it, whether it is prolonged or sporadic.

If you want to carry out a simple ordinary cleaning operation, then the frequency must be once a week. Even more important is pre-winter cleaning.

Since the stove is off for several months, due to the spring and summer seasons, this is good perform a complete cleaning and careful and scrupulous maintenance before turning it on.

Extraordinary maintenance of a pellet stove

Cleaning a pellet stovealso implies that extraordinary maintenance must be carried out. Although it is an action that does not occur frequently, it still needs to be given due attention.

Since it is a very delicate practice, if you do not have the right skills it would be a good idea to consult a qualified professional. So that the margin of error can be reduced, and your stove does not risk being damaged.

Better known as annual or monthly cleaning depending on the case, it also involves a series of steps to follow.

In fact, we must start from cleaning the ash ductaccessing it by removing the tank and vacuuming the excess ash.

Another element to be subjected to maintenance and cleaning is the heat exchangerwhich can be easily reached by extracting the cast iron brazier and vacuuming from inside all the residues that obstruct the passage of the ash.

The most delicate aspect of all concerns the cleaning of the chimney, which in most cases should be delegated only and exclusively to qualified professionals, as it is regulated by the macro UNI 10683 regulations.

Pellet stove maintenance: obligations and laws to be respected

Maintenance of your own pellet stove is in turn regulated by obligations and laws to refer to: if it is true that the ordinary maintenance can be done independently, the same cannot be said for that extraordinary.

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Failure to do so may also result in fines whose amount may vary from 500 euros to 3.000 euro.

The same outcome will also be expected in case of failure to mark it in the stove booklet, which must contain every single maintenance carried out.

Potential trouble also lies ahead for those who release the aforementioned stoves. Failure to provide the customer with the required documentation may expose violators of this regulation to fines worth 1,000 euros, up to a maximum of 6.000 euro.

This means that the maintenance of the pellet stove it is important not only for protection purposes, but also and above all on a legal level. The safety of your home and of those who reside inside it is an aspect that cannot be overlooked for any reason.