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Things you have to know about the stove.
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This stove has a convection back plate which, when the stove is burning properly, ensures a fine heat distribution.
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The burning chamber is lined inside with high-grade ceramic firebrick elements. These bricks are subject to the
greatest impacts (being hit by wood when loading the stove) and so have been additionally reinforced.
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You open the door with the handle provided on the right-hand side.
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Open the aeration slide for maximum air supply by pulling it out completely.
The three basic rules for proper burning are:
1. Use dry and clean wood.
The stove is suitable for burning so-called 'stackable fuels': wood and briquettes. We assume you will be using dry
fuels only. So, this also holds for the kindling paper and cardboard. Wet fuel costs more energy, leaves moisture on
the glass and soils the flue.
2. Do not temper the burning process excessively.
Allow the stove sufficient time to warm up (stay with it at this stage) and do not temper the fire too quickly. Bear this
rule in mind: you must not temper a stove until it has warmed up properly.
3. Always make sure there is enough fresh air.
In houses today, cracks and chinks have often been sealed. Opening a small grate or cantilever window will ensure
sufficient fresh air, provided no fresh-air-supply system is used.
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The main thing when making the fire is that both the flue and the stove
reach the proper temperature.
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Use the cold grip to control the aeration slide.
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Each time you want to open the stove when being used, make sure the
aeration slide is open for proper aeration.
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Open the door carefully so that no smoke will get into the room.
Stove wood must be seasoned (‘wind-dried’)
for at least eighteen months to be well dried.
Preferred order of wood thicknesses to be used when you start burning the stove.
3. solid log
2. thicker wood
1. kindling wood
Initial fire-up, a good start
You have purchased a brand-new stove, ‘zero on the meter’, has not seen a flame yet. This means you are going to take
care of the initial ‘miles’. The ceramic firebricks will start evaporating moisture and your wood-burning stove will start
setting. For this reason, the first few times, do not make your fire too hot because otherwise the bricks could crack.
You need not worry about any shrinkage cracks. The initial fire-up requires some additional time and attention, as well
as the approach we have outlined below for you in steps. Before starting, please note the following important points:
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When starting the fire in the stove, open the aeration slide. This is the kindling position.
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You can properly control the fire with the aeration slides. The further the slide is opened (to the right), the more
vigorously your fire will burn.
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While firing-up the stove the first time some liquid might come down from the ceramic firebrick. Please put some
old towels underneath the stove before firing it up.
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Make sure there is sufficient ventilation.
