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Possible Problem
Possible Cause
The wood does not light or lights only slowly.
- The wood is too thick. / The wood is too damp.
- The air supply is insufficient.
The wood burns without a bright, yellow flame, smoulders or even goes out.
- The wood is too damp.
- The air supply is insufficient.
- The outside temperature is too high.
Too much soot is generated; the heat-resisting stones do
not stay clean and free of soot during operation.
- The wood is too damp.
- The air supply is insufficient.
- The quantity of wood is too small and thus the combustion chamber remains too cold.
The fire box window becomes sooty.
- The wood is too damp.
- The secondary air supply is insufficient.
- The fire box door is not tightly sealed.
- The chimney draught is too weak.
The wood burns off too quickly.
- The chimney draught is too strong.
- The wood logs are too small.
- The control elements are incorrectly positioned or set.
Smoke escapes into the room while the stove is in operation.
- The air supply is insufficient.
- The chimney cross section is too narrow.
- The flue gas ducts in the stove pipe or chimney are extremely sooty.
- Wind is blowing down on the chimney.
- Fans (bathroom, kitchen) are creating negative pressure in the
living room and drawing smoke from the stove.
The chimney becomes wet and coated with creosote,
condensate leaks out of the stove pipe.
- The wood is too damp.
- The flue gases are too cold. / The chimney is too cold.
- The chimney cross section is too wide.
Smoke escapes when the fire box door is opened.
- The chimney draught is too weak. / The chimney cross section is too wide or too narrow.
- The fire is still burning too strongly.
- The fire box door was opened too rapidly.
- Fans (bathroom, kitchen) are creating negative pressure in the
living room and drawing smoke from the stove.
