Hearthstone Quality Home Heating Products, Inc ® WFP-75 Model 84105
2.2.3 First Fires
The fresh paint on your replace needs to be cured to preserve its quality. Once the fuel load
is properly ignited, only burn small res in your replace for the rst four hours of operation.
Never open the air control more than necessary to achieve a medium burn rate. Make sure
that there is enough air circulation while curing the stove. Open one or more windows. The
odors can be smelled during the rst 3 or 4 res.
2.2.4 Building a Fire
To start a re, place several crumpled up balls of newspaper in the rebox behind the
andiron. Place small dry pieces of kindling on top of the paper, criss-crossing the kindling
so that there are air spaces in between. Keep the fuel back far enough so that air can
get underneath. Open the air controls fully and light the newspaper. Once the newspaper
and the kindling are well ignited, close the door. Once the kindling re is well established,
cordwood can be added. (See Primary Air Combustion Control section for proper operation
of the air controls). Make sure that cordwood is always behind the andiron.
The unit will burn best with 2-3 pieces of cordwood spaced 1 to 2 inches apart and allowing
air to get under the fuel. Criss-crossing or arranging the fuel so that air can get underneath,
will help the re to get started easily. The unit should be operated with the air control fully
open long enough to get the cordwood well ignited
CAUTION: PLACE THE WOOD LOGS BEHIND THE ANDIRON TO ALLOW PROPER
PRIMARY AIR FLOW
2.2.5 Maintaining the Fire
Once the wood has been consumed (or partially consumed) and you have obtained a good
bed of embers, you should reload the unit. In order to do so, open the air control to its
maximum for approximately 15 seconds prior to opening the replace door. Then, proceed
by opening the door very slowly. Open it 2” to 4” (52 to 104 mm) for 10 seconds before
opening it completely. This procedure will increase the draft and thus eliminate the smoke
which is stagnant in a state of slow combustion in the replace. Then, bring the red embers
forward, keeping them behind the andiron, and reload the unit.
Your WFP-75 replace will work best if a thick bed of hot embers is maintained in the bottom
of the rebox and a minimum of two large pieces of seasoned fuel are added. Combustion
efciency is largely related to establishing a hot ember bed and hot rebox temperatures.
The quicker the replace and chimney (ue) get up to normal operating temperatures,
the better. A small intense re is preferred to a large smouldering re, both to improve
combustion efciency and to reduce the amount of creosote build-up. The best performance
will be obtained by adding relatively small amounts of fuel to a well established ember bed,
and then operating with the air inlet control open long enough to achieve a hot re. Use
a poker to make an air channel in the embers below the wood. This will allow air to ow
under the wood for a more efcient burn. Once you have reached the desired temperature,
the primary air can be set to a medium setting. You know you have reached the desired
temperature when, closing the primary air control, you can see a ame at the top of the
