Traditional Stoves
Traditional Stoves
Contemporary Stoves
Contemporary Stoves
Choosing the right stove
Hearth Mounted Fires
Hearth Mounted Fires
Inset Fires
Built-in Fires
Wall Mounted Fires
Wall Mounted Fires
Freestanding Fires
Freestanding Wood Burning Fires
Choosing the right fire
Inset Gas Fire Builder
Mix & Match Inset Gas Fire Builder
Traditional Fireplaces
Traditional Fireplaces
Contemporary Fireplaces
Contemporary Fireplaces
Mantels
Mantel
Choosing the right fireplace

How to Light a Fire

Log fires

  1. Open the Air Controls fully to ensure the fire gets the air supply it needs to establish properly. There is an indicator at the top of many appliances like our Stockton 5, View 5 stoves or the Yeoman CL5, to show which direction to move the control from closed to open. On models like the Sheraton, Vision and Vogue stoves, the single control is below the the door. Instruction manuals for yours and other products are available to download from our Stovax technical section. You will find that many appliances also have a secondary air control to provide a cleaner burn and give greater thermal efficiency and most have this control factory set.
  2. Choose some small to mid-sized seasoned logs. Always use good quality Ready To Burn wood with a low moisture content. Place the medium sized logs on the grate (multi-fuel version) or firebed (wood burning versions), with enough space between them for air to circulate.
  3. Now place some smaller logs across the larger ones below. This will start to create the fuel stack in your stove, which when ignited from the top down will create the draw the needed to get going.
  4. Place an Eco firelighter in the centre of your stack. This will help the larger logs ignite when the fire burns down to them.
  5. On top of your logs, stack kindling in a similar fashion, crisscrossing each layer. You will need around 6 to 8 pieces of kindling for a standard stove, but if your stove has a tall firebox a few more layers can be added. Place another Eco firelighter on top of your kindling stack.
  6. To create the best possible conditions for the for the fire to burn, ignite the firelighter on top of the kindling. Leave the stove door slightly ajar to allow plenty of air to reach the flames.
  7. Once the kindling has started to catch, close the door. Your stove’s air controls should be fully open to allow as much combustion air in as possible.
  8. Wait for the logs to ignite and once they are burning well, set your stove’s air controls to normal running mode.


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