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2.1 Lighting and refuelling intervals
A lot of air is needed when first lighting the stove. When starting with a totally cold stove,
it may be helpful to leave the door ajar (2-3 cm) during the first few minutes; the secondary
air intake should be fully open. You should build and maintain the ash bed to a thickness of
approximately 1 cm.
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 kg of dry kindling.
2. Fully open the top vent so that the secondary air supply
can enter the firebox.
3. After the paper/fire lighters have caught fire, leave the
fire door ajar about 2-3 cm, so that the chimney draws well.
4. After 5-10 minutes the chimney draft should be estab-
lished, at this point close the fire door. If all the necessary
conditions are met, a nice layer of embers will start to ac-
cumulate after another 15 - 20 minutes.