Grate
Your Hunter Stove is fitted with a locomotive type grate. So that de-
ashing can be carried out cleanly and easily, it is riddled from the
outside of the stove with the doors closed.
To burn wood
, push the operating tool up and away from you.
When left in this position, air is restricted through the bed of the fire
providing a solid base to build up a bed of ash. Surplus ash can be
removed either by gentle riddling or with a shovel.
It might prove beneficial when burning more reactive fuels to leave
the grate in a “neutral” position, thus directing some under fire air
and some over fire air to the firebed.
Notes on Wood burning
With a full load of wood, the stove will need to be refuelled approximately once every hour.
Care must be taken that logs do not touch the brick baffle.
Wood burns most efficiently with the primary air sliders in the closed position and the secondary
control open. Moving the secondary control will control the burn rate of the stove.
Note - primary and secondary air is needed to light the stove, see section entitled ‘Lighting the
Stove’
Wood burns best on a bed of ash and it is therefore only necessary to remove surplus ash from
the stove occasionally.
Burn only dry, well-seasoned wood, which should have been cut, split and stacked for at least 12
months, with free air movement around the sides of the stack to enable it to dry out. Burning wet
or unseasoned wood will create tar deposits in the stove and chimney and will not produce a
satisfactory heat output.
Lighting the Stove
We recommend that you have two or three small fires before you operate your stove to its
maximum heat output. This is to allow the paint to cure in steadily and to give a long service life
of the paint finish. During this curing in process you may notice an unpleasant smell. It is non-
toxic, but for your comfort we would suggest that during this period you leave all doors and
windows open.
First, load the fire with starting fuel, i.e. paper, dry sticks and/or firelighters.
Light the fire at the base leaving all air controls open. Allow the fuel to reach a steady glow and
build the fire up gradually. Once you have a good fire established across the grate bed, further
fuel can be added as required.
