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8.3.2 Raking charcoal
Rekindle the fire when you notice that the room temperature has fallen. Do not operate
your furnace at too low a setting. Keep the air inlet opened long enough during the fire
start-up to prevent the fire from smouldering, which could stain the glass. You will find
most of the remaining charcoal at the back of the firebox, furthest from the door. Rake
these coals towards the door before loading. There are two reasons for this raking of the
coals. First, it concentrates them near where most of the combustion air enters the firebox
and where they can ignite the new load quickly, and second, the charcoal will not be
smothered by the new load of wood. If you were to simply spread the charcoal out, the
new load will smoulder for a long time before igniting.
Remove ash first, and then rake charcoal towards the front of the firebox before loading so
that it will ignite the new load.
8.3.3 Firing each new hot load
Place the new load of wood on and behind the charcoal, and not too close to the glass.
Close the door and open the air control fully. Leave the air control fully open until the
firebox is full of flames, the wood has charred to black and its edges are glowing red. Firing
each load of wood hot accomplishes a few things:
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drives the surface moisture from the wood,
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creates a layer of char on the wood, which slows down its release of smoke,
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heats the firebox components so they reflect heat back to the fire, and
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heat the chimney so it can produce strong, steady draft for the rest of the cycle.
DO NOT LEAVE THE FURNACE UNATTENDED WHILE A NEW LOAD IS BEING
FIRED HOT.
DO NOT OVERFIRE.
When you burn a new load of wood hot to heat up the wood, the furnace and the chimney,
the result will be a surge of heat from the furnace. This heat surge is welcome when the
room temperature is a little lower than desirable, but not welcome if the space is already
warm. Therefore, allow each load of wood to burn down so that the space begins to cool
off a little before loading.
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