ApplePie User Manual

4) Ensure air control is in the ‘BOOST’ position.
5) Light the relighters with a long match or long lighter.
6) Close the door but do not lock it - leave it cracked-open
(ajar) an inch or so.
7) The kindling should within a few minutes take light and
begin to heat the ue/chimney.
8) When the kindling is fully alight, glowing red and with
lots of ame, wait for the kindling tower to burn down and
collapse, creating a bed of embers.
9) If it appears there is a good glowing bed of embers,
proceed to step 10), otherwise build another stack of
kindling sticks on top.
10) Have ready 2 or 3 pieces of seasoned dry hardwood
logs (10 to 20% moisture content), weighing a total of
not more than 1kg (Figure 1.5 shows two logs weighing
a total of 1kg). Logs 200mm in length are ideal if laying
There are two ways in which the heat generated in your
ApplePie stove will come into the room.
1) Radiant heat comes through the large window, and
heats objects in the room
2) Radiant heat also comes from the body of the stove,
which being made from cast iron will store some heat and
continue to emit heat several hours after the re has gone
out.
Once the appliance has been correctly installed, it is ready
for the rst re. We would encourage even experienced
stove users to follow this guide as every stove model
operates differently.
These instructions may at rst seem complicated, but when
followed correctly you will quickly be condent at operating
your ApplePie at its optimal level safely and efciently.
The stove needs to go through an initial period of ‘running-
in’ in order to enable the cast iron to normalise to higher
temperatures, and for the paint surfaces to cure correctly.
The stove is nished in specialist high temperature coating
which is air-dry but not yet cured. The stove should be
brought up to temperature gradually over the course of
several res to complete this process. If the stove gets too
hot or not hot enough during this process then the curing
process can fail causing issues with the paint surface.
1) For the rst three res (all on the same night), use
KINDLING ONLY, with each burning for 15-20 minutes
and each re using approx’ 400 grams of kindling. Start
the second and third kindling res whilst the re is still
warm from previous res. Once the three kindling res
have burnt through, and whilst the stove is still warm,
but slightly cooled, light a normal re with three dry logs
weighing around 1 kg in total. This re should burn for
between 45 and 60 minutes. Now allow to FULLY COOL
naturally. - The paint should now be cured.
2) Once the curing process has been completed
satisfactorily, normal res can be lit -
Place 2 or 3 pieces of good quality solid chemical re-
lighter on the base of the stove.
3) Arrange approx’ 400 grams+ of thin thoroughly dry
kindling sticks (Figure 1.3 shows 400 grams of softwood
kindling next to the stove) in an open tower shape similar
to Figure 1.4, taking care not to assemble the fuel too
close to the door glass.
Lighting the Fire (wood burning)
How does heat come out?
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Figure 1.3
Figure 1.4