Varde Style - Stoves & Chimneys

Always leave 1-2 cm of
ash at the bottom
how? A Varde wood stove will give you warmth and satisfaction for
many years. The following section gives you practical tips that you should
follow to ensure top performance from your purchase.
lighting and use Wood stove development is an ongoing process with respect to both
design and technology. From a technological point of view this means that best possible combustion in
a Varde wood stove today is vastly different from 10 to 15 year old stoves.
If your stove smells, or if soot builds up, this is probably due to incorrect use. Check your chimney
– the smoke should be “white or invisible”.
Too little air prevents clean burning; the wood stove becomes dirty and large quantities of particles
are emitted into the atmosphere. For this reason, you should always use smaller dry sticks to light the
fire and wait until they have burnt down before putting on larger pieces of dry wood with a diameter
of 6-8 cm.
Watch the flames and do not reduce the air flow until the flames start to turn blue.
Use a small quantity of dry wood wherever possible. Over fuelling your stove will not improve its performance.
On the contrary, it is just a waste of wood.
Six steps for optimum burning in a modern wood stove:
1 2 3 4
Place 1-2 fire starters in
the centre of the stove
6
Lay 4-6 layers of dry,
small sticks crosswise
Fully open the primary
and secondary air inlets
up on the glass. When
the wood has caught fire,
after about 2 5 minutes,
close the primary air inlet
Then use the secondary
airflow to regulate the
burning process