WANDERS KANDA Users Manual & Installation - page 21

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will considerably dampen the pleasure of burning your 

stove and the heat output.

Do not put any paraffin-containing logs in your stove. 

When the door is closed, the high heat will melt the 

paraffin from the logs too quickly. The polluted flue 

gasses which consequently develop will deposit on and 

burn in the glass of your stove and cannot be removed 

later.   

Do not use any wood that is painted, impregnated, glued 

together or processed in any other way. The flue gases 

are very harmful to the environment and may affect your 

stove. It is also prohibited to burn plastics and other 

waste matter due to poisonous smoke development.

The best way to burn your stove

All WANDERS’ stoves are designed so that they give a 

maximum output. A well-lit wood-burning stove can 

produce a yield of about 75%. This means that you need 

less wood for the same amount of heat. Moreover, a 

well-lit stove produces less smoke pollution. Below are 

a few tips to give you optimum pleasure:

• Always burn your stove with its door closed; this 

will improve the output within 8 to 10 times. When 

the door of the stove is open, the chimney will draw 

more air than is needed for proper combustion. The 

relatively cold air will cool the fire. It will also preclude 

fire damage by any sputtering sparks, especially from 

softwood. 

• Do not put more than 3 logs on the fire at one time. Too 

much fuel at one time thwarts efficient combustion 

and burdens the environment unnecessarily.

• Let extra air into your wood stove only when you start 

firing the hearth. A constant oversupply of air will 

make the logs burn more rapidly while your hearth 

will not have enough time to give off its heat to the 

room; if you overheat the stove, it may get damaged.

• Ventilate the space well when you have the stove on. 

A crackling fire has a minimum air consumption of 

25 cubic metres an hour. Never put on your cooking 

hood when you have a stove burning in the same 

space.

• Be careful with lighting the stove when it is foggy 

or when there is no wind outside. There is hardly 

any draught in the cold chimney when the weather 

is calm. Since smoke is heavier than air there is the 

chance of smoke streaming into the room. In foggy 

weather, the smoke from the chimney (outside) cools 

quickly and may descend and become a nuisance in 

your neighbourhood.

• Don’t smother the fire suddenly with water, but let it 

burn out. The materials inside the stove may deform 

or crack as a result of sudden or great differences in 

temperature.

Chimney and flue

The chimney is the most important part of your wood-

burning hearth.

When the chimney is right it will not distribute any smoke 

into your room, leave any deposit on the glass pane or 

create bad combustion. Before starting the installation 

of the stove, your installer or a qualified chimney sweep 

must check whether the chimney flue has a diameter 

of at least 150 millimetres over the entire length, and 

whether the channel is clean, smooth and leak-proof.

Maintenance

Small maintenance

• It is advisable to leave an ash layer of two to three 

centimetres. It will protect the fire plate.

• Remove the cooled-down ash from the ash bucked 

two or three times a week.

• Clean the exterior of the stove with a damp cloth 

that does not give off fluff. Do not use any aggressive 

cleansing agents or abrasives.

• Clean the cold glass pane with a cleaning agent for 

ceramic cooking rings. Do not touch the clean glass 

with your fingers. Finger marks burn into the glass.

• Oil the hinges and the door fastener once in a while.

Do not use any aggressive cleaning agents or abrasives 

Wood species and storage

You can use all kinds of woods as fuel as long as it 

is clean, split and dry. Hardwood like oak, beech 

and birch burn slowly, give off much heat and 

form charcoal easily. Softer woods like spruce, fir 

and poplar give more flames but less heat and less 

charcoal. 

The best place to store timber is in a windy spot but 

sheltered from the rain. This is how the logs can dry 

in a natural way. Pile the logs on an old pallet or a 

frame to let the wood dry from underneath and to 

prevent the lower logs from being in contact with 

water. 

Chimney with a proper draught

Warm air wants to ascend. This is the principle of 

every chimney. It helps when the wind near the 

chimney mouth draws the air from the chimney.

Fall wind may give the opposite effect and blow 

the air back into the chimney. Relatively cold foggy 

air may thwart proper draught in your chimney as 

does a long flue pipe with a rough inside and many 

bends. If the natural draught in your chimney is poor 

your installer can give you information about using 

a ventilator for your flue tube.