RIKA Viva User manual
The soul of your home
RIKA STOVES
MANUAL
VIVA
2
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
OPEN CLOSED
OPEN CLOSED
Fig. 3
3
Fig. 4
Cut through pre-shaped section at
four points
4
Fig. 5.1
Fig. 5
Secondary air slide
Shaker grate lever primary air supply slide
Fig. 6
Version
Ceramic
Plate
Soapstone
5
Fig. 7
Fig. 10
4. FITTING OPTIONS
EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS
2. INSTALLING THE STOVE
1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
CONTENTS
Important information
Practical advice
Use the plan
6
3. OPERATION
5. MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING
6. GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY
ENGLISH
Technical Specification and spare parts overview 7
General warning and safety instructions 8
Before setting up 8 - 9
BRIEF HEATING INFORMATION
Suitable fuels and fuel quantities 10
Fuel quantities 10
Maximum fuel quantity 10
Clean combustion 11
Burning wood 11
Changing the flue direction 12
Changing the flue plate 12
Making the stove connection 12
Lighting the fire 13
Ash drawer 14
Operating the shaker grate 14
Slide setting at rated heating capacity 14
Changing flue pipe connection above to connection below 15
Fitting the tile panel 15
Fitting the sheet metal panelling 15
Fitting the stone plates 15
General maintenance 16
Finish – condition and cleaning 16
Convection air openings 16
Cleaning the flue gas channels 16
Wechseln der Zugplatte 16
PROBLEM SOLVING
What to do if ? 17
We guarantee 31
Guarantee card 31 - 32
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
(Fig. 1)
This is a Type 1 stove and has a connection
for fitting to a chimney that is equipped for
other stoves and boilers for solid and liquid
fuels, insofar as the chimney dimensions are
in accordance with DIN 4705, Part 3.
The owner of the small heating system or
the authorised person for the small heating
system must keep the technical documentation
in a safe place and present it to the local
authority or the chimney sweep if required.
PACKAGING
Your first impression is important to us!
- The packaging for your new stove provides
excellent protection against damage.
However damage to the stove and accessories
can occur during transport.
Therefore please check that your stove is
undamaged and that all parts are there on
receipt! Report any defects to your stove
dealer immediately!
The wood in the packaging has not been sur-
face treated and can therefore be burned in
your stove. The box and the film (PE) can be
safely taken to the local council waste dispo-
sal depot for recycling.
- The packaging for your new stove generally has
no effect on the environment.
PARTS - OVERVIEW
(Fig. 3 - 7)
DESCRIPTION
01 Lens head screw with Allen screw M8 x 16
02 Handle sleeve
03 Door lock
04 Spring washer
05 Grub screw M5
06 Grub screw M4
07 Countersunk screw with slot M3 x 6
08 Handle
10 Door handle
11 Grate door, machined and painted
12 Bottom stove strip, grey painted
13 Allen screw black galvanised M5 x 8
14 Skirting panel painted
15 Sealing ring flat CULIMETA 8 x 2
16 Grate door glass
17 Upper glass holder
18 Hexagonal screw V2A pressed washer
19 Side glass holder
20 Round sealing ring, black ?12
21 Pre-load spring
22 Sleeve grey painted
23 Spacer black galvanised
24 Stove strip upper, grey painted
25 Grub screw M5
26 Cotter pin black galvanised
30 Vermiculite plate
31 Flue plate
32 Vermiculite plate 2
33 Flue redirector machined
34 Side firebrick
36 Allen screw V2A M8 x 16
37 Cleaning slide
38 Floor grate
39 Floor firebrick side
40 Floor firebrick side
41 Slide grey
42 Round sealing ring, black ?8
43 Ash draw grey
44 Wood catcher painted grey
45 Shaker grate actuator, matt chrome
46 Shaker grate lever
50 Cover insert (ceramic or soapstone)
51 Duo Taptite M6 x 12
52 Cast lid machined and painted
53 Duo Taptite countersunk M5 x 12
54 Sidewall soapstone (x 4/side)
55 Sealing ring flat CULIMETA 8 x 2
56 Sidewall panel painted
57 Sidewall ceramic
58 Floor inlay (ceramic or soapstone)
59 Grate door
70 Lens head screw with Allen screw M8 x 16
All technical and layout changes as well as grammatical and printing faults excepted.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Dimensions (mm) and weights (kg)
Height
Width
Depth
Weight without casing
Weight with steel casing (floor and
cover insert ceramic
Weight with ceramic casing
Weight with natural stone casing
Flue pipe outlet diameter
Rated heating capacity as per DIN 18891
Maximum thermal output
Lowest thermal output
Room heating capacity (m3)
dependent on house insulation
1134
607
538
160
173
183
209
130
8 kW
11 kW
4 kW
90 - 180
Flue gas mass flow g/s geschlossen
Flue gas temperature/°C geschlossen
Minimum flow pressure at rated heating
capacity/mbar closed
at 0.8 times rated heat capacity
5,7
340°
0,12
0,08
Flue gas values for multiple connection to a
chimney as per DIN 4705, Part 3 or for mea-
suring the chimney as per DIN 4705, Part 2
ENGLISH
7
1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION
GENERAL WARNING AND SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
The general introductory warning
information must be followed.
➧Read the whole of the manual thoroughly
before commissioning the stove.
➧Only approved transport aids with
adequate load bearing capacity must be
used for transporting your stove.
➧Your stove is not suitable for use as a
ladder or scaffold.
➧Thermal energy is produced by burning
fuel; this leads to the surface of the stove,
the doors, the door and operating handles,
the door glasses, the flue pipes and possibly
the front wall of the stove becoming very
hot. Avoid touching these parts without
wearing the relevant protective clothing or
using the relevant means (cold hand).
➧Make children aware of the danger and
keep them away from the stove when in
use.
➧Only burn the approved fuel listed in the
chapter “Clean Burning”.
➧Burning or inserting easily combustible
or explosive materials, such as empty spray
cans and suchlike in the stove, as well as
storage of the same close to the stove is
prohibited due to risk of explosion.
➧When reheating, no wide or easily
combustible clothing should be worn.
➧Placing non heat resistant objects on the
stove or nearby is prohibited.
➧Do not lay washing on the stove to dry.
➧Stands for drying items of clothing or
suchlike must be set up at an adequate
distance from the stove – fire hazard!
➧Working with easily combustible and
explosive materials in the same or adjoining
room to the stove is prohibited when the
stove is on.
SAFETY CLEARANCES (Minimum clearances) Fig 2
1. From non-combustible items
a > 400 mm b > 100 mm c > 100mm
2. From combustible items and supporting walls made
from reinforced concrete construction
a > 800 mm b > 200 mm c > 200 mm
BEFORE SETTING UP
1.1 Ground load bearing capacity:
Before setting up, ensure that the supporting
construction has a load bearing capacity
that will support the weight of the stove.
1.2 Flue pipe connection
Flue pipes are a particular hazard source in
respect of escape of poisonous gas and fire
hazard. Obtain the advice of an appointed
specialist company in respect of laying and
fitting the pipes.
When connecting the flue pipe to the
chimney, in the area of walls with wood
cladding, please follow the relevant fitting
directives.
ENGLISH
8
1.3
You must keep an eye on flue gas formation
in the event of unfavourable weather
(atmospheric inversion) and the draught
conditions. If too little combustion air is
added smoke can enter your house or flue
gases can escape. Additionally harmful
deposits can arise in the stove and in the
chimney.
If flue gas escapes let the fire go out and
check if all air inlet openings are free and
the flue gas feeds and the stovepipe are
clean. In cases of doubt you must inform
the master chimney sweep, as a fault in the
draught could be due to the chimney.
1.4
Before adding new fuel, push the embers
together to form a bed of embers.
1.5
Only use a suitable tool from our accessory
range for pushing the embers together, and
ensure that no combustible material falls
out of the stove.
1.6
Place brown coal briquettes on the embers
in a single layer, with finger width spacing.
1.7
Use the devices supplied with your stove,
such as the protective gloves or the cold
hand to open the doors, as well as for
operating the control elements.
1.8
Stoves of Type 1 (BA 1)
These stoves must only be operated with
the grate door closed.
1.9
The grate door must only be opened for
adding fuel and must then be closed again,
as this could otherwise lead to danger for
other stoves that are also connected to the
chimney.
1.9.1
When the stove is not in operation, the
grate door must be kept closed.
1.10
When using wet fuel and if operation is
restricted too much, the chimney can soot
up, i.e. easily combustible materials such as
soot and tar can be deposited and this can
lead to a chimney fire.
Should this happen, close all air inlet slides
and flaps. Call the fire brigade and get
yourself and all other occupants to safety.
CAUTION: The size of the grate door means
that, particularly when reheating blazing
flames, the door must not be opened abruptly,
in order to prevent the flames from jumping
out.
9
ENGLISH
SUITABLE FUELS AND FUEL
QUANTITIES
In principle your stove is suitable for bur-
ning dry billets. You can also burn fuels such
as wood briquettes.
Only use dry fuel. The burning of waste of
any kind, in particular plastics, will damage
your stove and the chimney, and is prohibi-
ted by the Emissions Protection Act.
FUEL QUANTITIES
The stove is equipped with flat firing due to
the design. This means that only one layer
of fuel may be placed on the existing basic
embers. Please note that when a larger
quantity of fuel is added, your stove will
emit a larger quantity of heat or will heat
up more fiercely than is intended for the
design. This can lead to damage to your
stove.
MAXIMUM FUEL QUANTITIES
Wood:
2 billets approx. 0.9 kg
Wood briquettes (broken):
2 off approx. 0.9 kg
Your stove output is regulated via the air
inlet slide. As your stove output is also
dependent on the chimney draught, you
must use this slide based on your own
experience.
The secondary air regulator, the primary air
regulator and the shaker grate handle may
only be used with the shaker hook provided.
ENGLISH
10
BRIEF HEATING INFORMATION
Table of contents
Other RIKA Wood Stove manuals
Popular Wood Stove manuals by other brands
WoodPro
WoodPro WS-TS-1500 owner's manual
Contura
Contura C 586W installation instructions
Nordpeis
Nordpeis N-20 T user manual
Palazzetti
Palazzetti EVA GENERAL INFORMATION - WARNINGS - INSTALLATION - MAINTENANCE
Lopi
Lopi 1250 Republic owner's manual
Panadero
Panadero CAPRI 3V Usage and maintenance instructions
