WOOD HEATING

The wood stove in the living room is the primary heat source in the cabin. Use long wood and no more than half full to get a good effect. Be aware that the stove can be a bit tricky to fire up when it is cold or there is fog outside. The smoke has a tendency to pull out of the oven door since the pipe is attached to the side of the oven. It could be wise to warm up the pipe carefully, and you will need to “babysit” the fire to begin with.

Fireplace
There is good draft in the chimney so the fireplace is easy to lit.

Wood stove kitchen
It is only the small hatch in the upper right you fire up. The big one at the left is a baking oven where you can warm your rolls. The oven does not have space for large wooden blocks, but it provides a good heat in the kitchen. You may have to split some firewood yourself for this oven. :)

You can use the rolls of newsprint dipped in wax to ease the fireing process if you like. Please do not burn things in the stoves and fireplaces that does not burn clean.

Wood stove bedrom
There is a wood stove in one of the bedrooms (in the other bedroom the stove is not attached to the chimney). It should be quick to heat up this room at arrival with this stove.

There is firewood in the wood shed. Feel free to use an ax to cut the wood into smaller cubes who will make it easier to light the fires.
If you would help us chop would while you are at the cabin it is much appreciated. It is hard work keeping enough fire thorug the winter. :)

Please also give a thought to the next visitors and fill up the wood basket before you leave. Then it will always be dry wood inside for the next visitor.

If you have the time to collect cones from the ground in one of the baskets you find at Makeløs you can leave them for drying in the basket (not during winter of course). Please feel free to use the cones allready collected, they are excellently as igniters.

HOW TO FIRE UP

Wood is a renewable energy source, and thus more climate-friendly than fossil heating. Building the fire correctly, lighting it from the top and having good draft also results in lower emissions of greenhouse gases and soot. While incorrect wood burning, such as slow ignition and low temperature, will lead to the emission of airborne dust being multiplied. If you use moist wood, soot and particle emissions will be 10-30 times higher than with dry wood.

Use dry wood

Use dry logs at the bottom and a mixture of smaller wood parts. You can possibly add some paper, cones between the logs. Dry wood weighs little and has deep cracks. If you hit two logs against each other, you will hear a clear sound from the wood when it is dry.

Fire up from the top

Ignition from the top provides faster heating of the chamber, which means that you quickly get good draft in the chimney, more oxygen to the flames and higher temperature. The flames at the top heat the logs below so that they emit the gases that make the fire burn and stay the same. Use ignition briquettes or ignition rollers to ensure fast enough ignition of the ignition wood on top to avoid unnecessary smoke.

Make sure you get enough air

Fire needs oxygen, make sure that enough air enters so that the stove has enough air for combustion. Feel free to open the door for the first few minutes until it burns well.