glowing enough, you can put the logs, the charcoal or the brown coal briquettes on the fire.
5.3.Burning wood
Always keep the stove doors tightly closed. Never let the doors open when the fire is burning.
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 oxygen 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 com- bustible substances. Thicker lay - ers of these substances might catch fire when the temperature in the chimney increases sud-
denly and steeply. Therefore it is necessary for the fire to regularly burn very in- tensely, so that thin layers of tar and creosote immediately disappear.
Low intensity fires also cause tar to deposit on the stove panes 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.
5.4.Burning coal
You need a
WHEN BURNING CHARCOAL THE AIR SLIDE ABOVE MUST ALWAYS BE KEPT CLOSED.
As soon as the fire is sufficiently stable and there is enough glow, the first shovel of coals can be put onto the fire. Complete the filling once the coals have caught fire. Make sure you do not quench the fire by
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