Hoxton Stove User Guide
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6. Lighting your stove
6.1 Smoke control areas
Please check with your Local Authority or https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules
whether your dwelling is located in a smoke control area before installation or use.
6.2 Fuel overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specified in this manual should not be exceeded; overloading
can cause excess smoke. Please see technical specification section in this manual.
6.3 Operation with door left open
Operation with the door open can cause excess smoke. The appliance MUST NOT be
operated with the appliance door left open except as directed in the instructions.
6.4 Dampers / Air controls left open
Operation with the air controls or appliance dampers open can cause excess smoke. The
appliance must not be operated with the air controls, appliance damper or door left open
except as directed in these instructions.
6.5 Burning wood
When wood is burnt, it is in fact the volatile gases released from the wood, that burn and
this requires a good supply of air coming from above the fuel.
For this reason we use all the air inlets while igniting the stove, but then reduce this to air
coming from the air wash system and overdraught. As much as 40% of the heat from
burning wood is obtained from secondary combustion and this can be severely hampered
by air entering the fire box from below the fuel.
1) Set the fire by placing several layers of dry kindling wood into a criss-cross grid pattern
on top of the grate bars. The use of two or three firelighters may assist in lighting the
kindling.
2) Fully open the primary and secondary air controls and light the firelighters and/or kindling
wood.
3) After the kindling has caught alight, you should almost close the fire door leaving it ajar
by about 10mm. This will aid flue draw during the initial lighting of the fire.
4) The flue temperature and draw should be established after five minutes and the kindling
reduced to form an ember bed. Carefully load the stove with well seasoned wood and fully
close the fire door.
5) After ten minutes, fully close the primary air control and regulate the secondary air
control to control the burn rate and maintain clear glass, typically by reducing to
approximately half open.
