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Achieving the Best Possible Combustion
Use Dry, Clean Wood
Wet wood results in poor combustion, excess smoke and soot. In addition, more warmth will
be used to dry the wood instead of heating the room.
Fire a Bit at a Time
You achieve the best possible combustion by ring often and a bit at a time. If you add too
much rewood at once, too much time will pass before the temperature becomes high enough
for you to achieve good combustion.
Make Sure there is the right Amount of Air in the Combustion Chamber
You should also make sure that there is an ample amount of air - especially in the beginning
- so that the temperature inside the wood-burning stove quickly rises. Gases and particles
released during burning are then more easily burned off. Otherwise, they gather as soot in
the chimney (which increases the risk of chimney re) or are emitted unburned into the atmos-
phere. The wrong amount of air supply creates inefcient combustion and a modest effect.
Don’t Savour the Fire during Night Time
We advise against adding re wood to your stove and reducing the air supply at night in an at-
tempt to still have some embers left in the morning. If you do so, large amounts of hazardous
smoke will be emitted, and your chimney will be exposed to unnecessarily large amounts of
soot with the risk of a chimney re.
Lighting and Firing your WIKING Wood-Burning Stove
The First Firing
The rst time you re your wood-burning stove, you must do so carefully, as all materials
need to adjust to the heat. This means that the stove must be heated slowly, until it reaches
its maximum heat level. Afterwards, you should re a few times so that the stove is thoroughly
heated throughout.
Be Careful of the Lacquer
The lacquer used to treat the wood-burning stove will harden the rst 2-3 times the stove is
red, and this can create unpleasant smoke and odours. Ensure therefore that the room is well
ventilated. The door must also be carefully opened; otherwise there is a risk that the seals will
stick to the lacquer.
Warning: The accompanying glove may wear the surface paint off. Be careful not to touch the
varnished surfaces and the handle the rst two to three times you light the re. Even after the
paint has hardened, repeated use of the glove may wear the surface paint off.
Lighting
A successful combustion process requires that the wood is lit in the right way. A cold stove
and a cold chimney challenge the combustion process. It is important to achieve a high ue
gas temperature quickly.
1. Moving the regulating lever to the extreme left fully opens the air supply to the combustion
chamber.
2. Place two pieces of wood (5-8 cm in diameter) horizontally in the bottom of the combustion
