Harrie Leenders TRIAS Instructions D'installation page 24

Initial fire-up, a good start
You have purchased a brand-new stove, 'zero on the meter', has not seen a flame yet. This means you are going to take care of the initial 'miles'.
The ceramic firebricks will start evaporating moisture and your wood-burning stove will start setting. For this reason, the first few times, do not
make your fire too hot because otherwise the bricks could crack. You need not worry about any shrinkage cracks.
The initial fire-up requires some additional time and attention, as well as the approach we have outlined below for you in steps. Before starting,
please note the following important points:
• When starting the fire in the stove, open the aeration slide. This is only the kindling position!
• While firing-up the stove the first time some liquid might come down from the ceramic firebrick. Please put some old towels underneath the
stove before firing it up.
• When the stove has reached it's temperature you can close the aerations slide a little . Now it is easy to regulate the fire by means of closing or
opening the aeration slide a bit.
• Make sure there is sufficient ventilation.
Initial fire-up in steps
1. Open the aeration slide completely by
pulling it totally outwards. This is the kindling
position.
3. Fill the stove with a handful of dry and
thin kindling wood and light it. When it burns
properly, close the aeration slide
a bit by pushing it inwards.
5. Allow the fire to go out and the stove to
cool off for an hour so that the moisture in the
firebrick can evaporate. Some liquid might
come free from the ceramic fire-brick.
Therefore place an old towel underneath the
stove before firing-up.
7. Then use thicker logs, ± 5x5 cm thick
and 30 cm long. Close the aeration slide a bit
when the small logs catch fire. You can con-
troll the fire now easily with the aeration slide.
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2. Light a large ball of dry paper against the
back plate of the burning chamber and allow
this fire to go out again.
4. Stir up the fire off and on by opening the
aeration slide a little bit.
6. After an hour, you will start bringing the
whole stove at the proper temperature using
first some thin kindling wood.
Use the kindling position of the aeration slide
untill the fire burns properly.
The close it a little bit by pushing it inwards.