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Wood burning stove, logs and ash
Logs and kindling
There’s a wood burning stove in the cottage and you’ll find logs, kindling, fire-lighters and matches. We’ll leave you with sufficient logs for your stay. If you need more, please let us know (or help yourself to logs near the table tennis table – there’s usually a small supply). The firelighters and matches are on the shelf in a marked box.
Wood burning stove
There’s a knack to using a wood burning stove and if you’ve not used one before we’ll happily give some advice. The key thing is not to overload the stove and to get the air-flow right so it burns gently and gives off lots of heat.
To lay the fire after clearing most of the ash through to the tray beneath it is best to build a small pyramid with a single firelighter at the base, some tightly scrunched newspaper balls on top and a few sticks pointing upwards surrounding the paper. You can then perch a small log on the top.
Open the air vents and light the paper. Close the door and keep an eye on it. If it roars you may need to reduce the airflow a little. It is best not to put too many logs in at once
– just one or two is plenty.
Ash
You shouldn’t need to empty the ash unless you have the stove going all week. Just scrape it through to the tray beneath with the tools provided. If you do need to empty the tray, slide it out and wrap it in newspaper or use the metal ash bin provided.
There’s a dustbin by the table tennis table under the arch - please tip all ash in to this and don’t use any of the plastic household bins for ash.
If you’ve got questions on the best way to deal with the wood burning stove and ash, just ask. We’re here to help.