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MAINTENANCE ADVICE
The grid should be shaken and cleaned from ashes
regularly.
Empty the ash pan as soon as it is full.
Aer using the re for some me, some soot may
become stuck on the glass. With the Sotrent dry
sponge you can keep the glass clean easily.
Keep the replace and ue clean. If you use the stove
oen, you should sweep the chimney every once in a
while in-between visits from the chimney sweep.
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HOW TO USE THE STOVE
CORRECTLY
A new Oden should be lit carefully on the rst few
occasions. This makes the heat-resistant colour more
durable. There may also be a slightly unpleasant smell
the rst me you use the re. This is completely
normal and due to excess paint or oil remaining on the
iron casng. The smell will disappear quite quickly and
won’t come back.
Combustibles
The best heat value is obtained from split birch wood.
Hardwood trees generally burn more calmly than
sowood, which creates a more even heat.
If you are burning oak, beech or other wood with high
heat value, always mix the wood with other types of
wood. Otherwise you risk damaging your replace.
The wood should be dry, with preferably 15-20%
moisture content. For a normal re, approximately 1.5-
2 kg wood / hour is a suitable amount of wood. 1 kg
birch wood produces about 4 kW power.
Open the air supply damper fully. Place briquees
in the centre of the replace. Pile up about 1.5 kg of
small logs crossways, like a log house, on top of the
briquees. Start by lighng the briquees. These
should, in turn, ignite the wood. Keep the replace
door ajar for the rst few minutes unl the wood is
properly lit. Depending on the chimney draught, you
may need to leave the door open slightly longer to
build a temperature in the replace and to create a
sasfactory chimney draught.
Then close the door and adjust the valve to the desired
intensity of the re. The stove should be properly
heated before choking the air supply damper.
If the starng re has diculty burning when the door
is closed, you can open the grate somewhat with the
grate hinge and open the primary air damper on the
replace hatch. That way the re gets extra air from
below and starts more easily. NB! For adding other
logs, the grate and primary air supply damper should
be closed for opmal combuson.
When the intensity of the re has decreased, it is me
to replenish. Open the door carefully. That way, you
avoid gusts of smoke. Use a replace tool or a piece of
wood to distribute ash and embers. Rell with 2-4 logs
and close the door when the wood is properly lit (1.5-2
kg wood). NB! When adding more logs, don’t go over
the air supply hole in the back vermiculite (terary air
hole).
Continuous fire
In order to use the re correctly, it’s necessary to
achieve as high a temperature as possible in the
replace. That way, you get clean combuson and
get the most out of the stove and the rewood. With
clean combuson, you avoid soot coang the replace
and the glass. When you use the re correctly, smoke
shouldn’t be visible.
Good luck!