Add extra fuel when necessary. Never add too much fuel. It is best to fill the stove
for one third and to top it up on a regular basis.
Always open the filling door slowly and for a short space at a time. Before filling up,
the charcoal bed should be carefully spread open. Check whether the coals are glow-
ing enough just behind the log retainer, so that the added fuel will immediately
catch fire. If necessary you can open the primary air slide for a while.
Open stacking will make the logs burn
very intensely, as the oxygen can easily
reach every part of the fire. This method
of stacking is applied when burning
wood for a short while. Compact stack-
ing will make the fire burn slower, as
the air can only reach the outer parts of
open stacking
compact stacking
the fire. This stacking method is best
used whe n burning for a longer while.
Low intensity fires cause tar and creosote to deposit in the chimney after a long pe-
riod of time. Tar and creosote are highly combustible substances. Thicker layers of
these substances might catch fire when the t e mperature in the chimney increases
suddenly and steeply. Therefore it is necessary for the fire to regularly burn very
intensely, so that thin layers of tar and creosote immediately disappear.
Low intensity fires also cause tar to deposit on the stove panes and doors.
When it is not too cold outside it is better to let the stove burn intensely for just a
few hours a day.
4.5.
Ash removal
The bottom of the fire compartment is equipped with a port to eliminate the ashes.
Open the port (see picture) and sweep the redundant ashes into the ashtray by
means of the scraper. With the "cold hand", you can pull the ashtray from the stove
(see picture).
Relatively speaking, burning wood produces little ash and it will not be necessary to
remove it each time daily. The ash in the cavities between the ribs of the fire plate
does not need to be removed, since wood burns better on a bed of ash.
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