HearthStone Homestead 8570F Owner's Manual page 36

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3. Using a match, light the paper under the kindling.
Leave the front door slightly ajar momentarily
until the kindling has started to burn and a draft
begins to pull.
4. Close the door and allow the fire to burn. Keep
the door and ash drawer closed while the stove
is in use.
5. Keep a watchful eye on your stove; maintain a
steady, low-heat fire. Your first and subsequent
break-in fires should make the stove warm but
not hot to the touch. Add, at most, a few small
chunks of wood to the fire to reach a safe break-
in temperature.
6. Once the stove is warm—but not hot to the
touch—close the primary air control (and allow
the fire to die out completely.
7. Let the stove return to room temperature.
Build and maintain your first two break-in fires as
outlined above. Your patience will be rewarded by a
properly seasoned stove.
Building and Maintaining an Everyday Fire
If your stove is not used continuously or has not
been used in quite some time, follow the break-in
procedure at least once to minimize the stress of a
hot fire on a cold stove before proceeding with
normal operation. We recommend one break-in fire
at the start of each heating season.
Remember, before building a fire, make sure the ash
grate is closed and the ash pan is pushed fully into
the stove. If the ash grate is open or the pan is
loose, the stove will over-fire and be damaged.
Follow these steps to build a fire for everyday use.
1. Open the door and place five or six double sheets
of tightly twisted newspaper in the center of the
firebox. Arrange kindling in a crisscross pattern
over the newspaper. Use about ten pieces of
kindling, ½" (13 mm) in diameter and 10" to 18"
(254 mm to 457 mm) long.
2. Fully open the primary air control by pulling the
lever forward.
3. Using a match, light the paper under the kindling.
Leave the front door slightly ajar momentarily
until the kindling has started to burn and a draft
begins to pull.
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4. Close the door and allow the fire to burn. Keep
the door and ash drawer closed while the stove
is in use.
5. Once the kindling is burning, open the door and
add logs, small at first, to build up the fire. Keep
the logs away from the glass on the door in
order for the air-wash system to work properly.
6. Once the fire is burning well, use the primary air
control to regulate the desired rate of burn. Pull
the lever forward for a higher rate of burn; push
the lever back for a lower rate of burn.
Note: Whenever opening the door to reload or re-
arrange logs, open the door just a crack, pause for a
moment, and then open the door completely. This
procedure allows the firebox to clear of smoke
before the door is opened fully. Also, reloading on a
bed of hot, red coals reduces smoking time and
brings fresh fuel up to a high temperature rapidly.
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Homestead Models #8570F and #8570H