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3.6 Lighting a fire in the wood burning stove
The fire lighting method is very important for starting combustion quickly and efficiently.
1. Open the primary damper under the door and the secondary damper behind the door. The
illustration below shows the stove seen from the front with the dampers indicated.
2. Place a log of wood crosswise in the combustion chamber and put 2 firelighters close to the log.
Light the firelighters and quickly put a new log close to the firelighters and several small logs at an
angle above it. Air must be able to reach the firelighters, but the logs should be touching to “warm”
each other.
3. Keep the door approx. 1 cm ajar, until the glass is too hot to touch. Then close the door. When there
are distinct, visible flames and the fire has taken hold, close the primary air intake/damper (see
section 3.1.2).
3.7 Recommended fuels
Wood and wood briquettes. We recommend the use of split hardwood that has been stored outdoors under
cover for at least 1 year. Wood that has been stored indoors has a tendency to become too dry and will burn
too quickly. We recommend that you fell the wood during the winter when a lot of the moisture in the wood
will have been drawn down into the roots. In order to achieve optimum combustion, the wood’s moisture
level should not exceed 18 %, which roughly corresponds to storing the wood under cover outdoors for one
