Initial Fire-Up In Steps - Harrie Leenders Dia Anleitung

InITIal fIre-up, a gooD sTarT
You have purchased a brand-new stove, 'zero on the meter', has not seen a flame yet. This means you are going to take care of the initial 'miles'. The ceramic firebricks
will start evaporating moisture and your woodburning stove will start setting to cure. For this reason, the first few times, do not make your fire too hot because otherwise
the bricks could crack. You need not worry about any shrinkage cracks. The initial fire-up requires some additional time and attention, as well as the approach we have
outlined below for you in steps. Before starting, please note the following important points:
• When starting the fire in the stove, open the aeration slide. This is only the kindling position!
• While firing-up the stove the first time some liquid might come down from the ceramic firebrick. Please put some old towels underneath the stove before firing it up.
• When the stove has reached it's temperature you can close the aerations slide a little . Now it is easy to regulate the fire by means of closing or opening
the aeration slide a bit.
• Make sure there is sufficient ventilation.
• Caution: after installation, make sure there is no inflammable and/or explosion-hazardous material in or on the stove, such as a spray can, packaging material
and the like. Also check the area inside the stove above the baffle.

InITIal fIre-up In sTeps

1. Open the air-control slide completely
by pulling it towards you.
2. Light a large ball of dry paper against the back
plate of the burning chamber and allow this fire
to go out again.
3. Fill the stove with a handful of dry and thin
kindling wood, light it and keep the door open.
The power of fIre
As a matter of fact just a few things withstand a real hot fire. Your stove can also be damaged by overheating. Just to prevent this take account of not burning more
than 2,5 kilograms of wood at the same time. 2,5 kg equals about 2,5 solid logs; ideally, the moisture content of firewood should not be more than 15%.
The construction and the used materials from the stove are suchlike chosen to control and resist a fire in a considered way. So heat with consideration.
a few TIps
• Make the fire always on a bed of ash. This is an insulating layer for the fire and an excellent bed for the fuel.
• If theDia is overloaded with too much wood and the maximum amount of oxygen is supplied (which happens when the aeration slide is fully open), the fire
may 'run wild'. If this should occur, close aeration slide by pushing it inwards. Never in such case leave the fireplace unattended.
• You also control the temperature by the amount and kind of fuel used for each load.
• Remove excess ashes using a scoop or an Ash Cleaner. Never remove ashes using a vacuum cleaner because fire may still continue to smoulder for days.
Make sure you leave a layer of ashes (± 3 cm) for the next fire to be made.
• When the weather is foggy, it is preferable not to use the fireplace since the draught in the flue will be too low.
4. Allow the fire to go out and the stove to cool
off for an hour so that the moisture in the
firebrick can evaporate. Some liquid might come
free from the ceramic fire-brick. Therefore place
an old towel underneath the stove before
firing-up.
5. After an hour, you will start bringing the whole
stove at the proper temperature using first
some thin kindling wood.
6. Then use more solid logs, ± 7x7 cm thick and
30 cm long. At the same time, set the door ajar.
When the logs are properly catching fire, close
the door. Allow some time for the stove to
heat up.
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