To get the most out of your fire and your fuel it is important to understand the solid fuel burning process.
1 When setting a fire with Ekologs you need to break up one or two logs into smaller disks. Our compression process creates fracture lines in the logs and these allow to logs to split into sections if required. You may require a small tomahawk or hatchet to break the logs.
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Once set one or two firelighters should get you going.
Leave the air intakes fully open and the door to your fire just slightly ajar.
3 With Ekologs your fuel should be burning within 5-10 minutes. Close the door at this stage but leave the air flows open.
4 The fire is well and truly established in 15-20 mins.
5 Place full logs around the fire and close the door. Leave for approximately 5-10 minutes and then reduce the air flow but do not shut off completely. A fire when completely starved of air may last longer but it will struggle to provide significant heat.
Caution: Do not over load your fire with Ekologs. They expand by 20% as they burn and can therefore push open the door of a fire if packed in.
