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IKI Wood burning stoves | Instructions for installation and use
IKI Wood burning stoves | Finnish high-quality craftsmanship
6.
Instructions for using the stove
The heating time of an IKI stove is approximately one hour, depending on the size of the sauna room and
the stove. Recommended sauna temperature with the IKI stove is approximately 55-70 degrees.
6.1
Initial load and lighting the fire
1.
Clean the ashes from the furnace and remnants from
the previous time you used the stove.
2.
Open the damper of the chimney, the knob on the
stove hatch
(A)
and ash box
(B)
under the furnace to
get incoming compensation air to maximum amount.
3.
Set the wood (max. 2/3 of the height of the furnace)
lengthwise in the front/middle part of the furnace, the
bigger wood under and the smaller wood on top.
4.
Light the fire on the top of the woodpile, for example
with a lighter piece, cardboard packages, birch bark or
chopped firewood. Keep the draft in fully open position
at that moment.
5.
There is a knob
(A)
in the stove hatch that allows you to
regulate the draft. The regulation is done by moving the
knob to the right (open) and to the left (shut).
6.
You can also regulate the draft by opening the ash box
(B)
under the furnace.
7.
When adding wood to the furnace during heating, use
the custom ash tool (picture below) to pull the embers to
the front of the furnace against the fire plate and add 2-3
pieces of chopped wood on top of the ember in
front/middle part of the furnace. IKI recommends that
the maximum amount of firewood should be 2/3 of the
space in the furnace.
8.
NOTE!
The hatch of the stove may change color with
time, or the paint may wear out. The hatch can be
repainted using 600-degree heat resistant paint, if
needed. Before painting, the hatch should be sanded
and then polished and cleaned with a degreaser agent.
IKI Ash tool
