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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 of 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 lower air slide for a while.
Open stacking will make the logs
burn very intensely, as the oxy-
gen can easily reach every part of
the fire. This method of stacking
is applied when burning wood for
a short while. Compact stacking
will make the fire burn slower, as
the air can only reach the outer
parts of the fire. This stacking
method is best used when burn-
ing for a longer while.
Low intensity fires cause tar and
creosote to deposit in the chim-
ney after a long period of time. Tar and creosote are highly combustible substances.
Thicker layers of these substances might catch fire when the temperature 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 panels 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.
4.4.
Ash removal
The bottom part of the fire compartment is
equipped with a hinged ash removal grille. To
remove the ashes, open the grille, and sweep the
ashes into the ashtray with the small shovel. Use
the "cold handle" to remove the ashtray out of the
stove (see illustration).
Relatively speaking, burning wood produces little
ash and it will not be necessary to remove it each
time daily. Moreover, wood burns better on a bed
of ash.
4.5.
Extinguishing the fire
Stop fuelling the fire and let it burn out.
Damping a fire by closing the air slides involves the release of noxious gases. You
should let the fire burn out and keep an eye on it as long as it is still glowing.
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