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When a fi re is burning, open the doors slowly to avoid drawing smoke into the room.
Closing the doors too quickly after refuelling will reduce the fi rebox temperature and may result in an
unsatisfactory burn.
D.
To maintain a brisk fi re, a hot
coal bed must be established
and maintained.
E.
Slowly add larger wood (2x4
size pieces). Lay the pieces
length wise from side to side
in the hot coal bed with a
shallow trench between, so
that the primary air can fl ow
directly into this trench and
ignite the fuel above.
F.
When the fi re seems to be at
its peak, medium sized logs
may be added. Once these
logs have caught fi re, carefully
close the doors.
G.
As soon as the doors are closed, you will observe a change
in the fl ame pattern. The fl ames will get smaller and lazier
because less oxygen is getting into the combustion cham-
ber. The fl ames, however, are more effi cient. The fl ames will
remain lazy but become larger again as soon as the fi rebricks
have been heated thoroughly and the chimney becomes
heated and provides a good draft.
H.
With the doors opened the fi re is wastefully drawing heated
room air up the chimney, certainly not desirable. Always oper-
ate with the doors fully closed once the medium sized logs
have caught fi re.
You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the appliance
normally. Once the appliance is entirely hot, it will burn very
effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of hot
coals in the fi rebox so you can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to the
top of the andirons.
Can't get the appliance operating?
Use more kindling and paper.
Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is suffi cient
combustion air, the lack of suffi ciently
dry
quantities of
small
kindling is the
problem.
Thumb size
is a good gauge for small kindling diameter.
Can't get heat out of the appliance?
One of two things may have
happened. The appliance door may have been closed prematurely and
the appliance itself has not reached optimum temperature.
Re-open the door and/or draft control to
re-establish a brisk fi re. The other problem may have been wet wood. The
typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being driven from the wood.
NOTE: Appliances surrounded by solid rock or brick, will
experience a longer heat up period as those materials absorb
the heat being generated.
OPERATING WITH DOOR CLOSED
OPERATING WITH DOOR OPEN