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1. A layer of embers will form rapidly if the stove is lit
with 2 - 4 fire lighters or 7 - 10 rolled up sheets of
newspaper, underneath roughly 1-2 kg of dry kind-
ling.
2. Fully open the secondary air supply (the upper air
controls).
3. After the paper/fire lighters have caught fire, leave
the fire door ajar about 2-3 cm, so that the chim-
ney draws well.
4. After 5-10 minutes the chimney draft should be es-
tablished, at this point close the fire door. If all the
necessary conditions are met, a nice layer of em-
bers will start to accumulate after another 15 - 20
minutes.
2.1 Lighting and refuelling intervals
Kindling (dry sticks) requires a large volume of air for quick combustion. When lighting the
stove from cold it will help to keep the main door ajar (2-3cms) for the first few minutes. The
primary and secondary air supplies should be fully open during lighting.
When firing with wood only, the riddling grate would normally be in the closed position (push
the riddling handle under the ash-lip backwards).
When only burning wood it is recommended that a 1 cm deep ash bed be established and
maintained on the grate of the stove.