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If you have poor draft, heat up the chimney by twisting some newspaper into a torch
and hold it up into the stove until the draft is reversed.
If it is difficult to start the fire the reasons could be:
Not enough air:
Make sure that fan is on or open the ash door (approx. 1 cm gap).
Bad/wet kindling:
Use small pieces of split kindling together with crumbled newspaper
or cardboard, and add larger pieces. Remember: The smaller and drier the better.
Down draft/cold chimney:
Heat up the chimney by twisting some newspaper into a
torch and hold it up into the stove until the draft is reversed.
The fire should be blazing when the fan is on. It should be just smoldering if the fan is
off.
Quickly crack open the firebox door to see what the fire is doing. (Leaving the door open
any length of time will give you a blazing fire.)
Maintenance
Clean out ash!!
Moisture combined with ash will eat through a furnace in
short order and ash or/and coal corrosion IS NOT COVERED under warranty.
Green wood can also cause a lot of water to get into the ash area as well, so keep a
sharp eye on that.
With our grate and ash door, you can remove the ashes while the fire is still burning.
