Firing up the stove: 
Logs and kindling are provided for you in the utility room cupboard. They should be sufficient to heat up the water the first time you use the hot tub. Firstly, light a firelighter and place it in the grate. Once it is burning well, slowly add kindling around the flame. As the kindling takes, you can then begin to add logs around the fire until they too begin to take. The logs provided for you are a composite log made of waste wood. The logs burn at a very high temperature reducing heating time. They do however expand by about 50% when burning so you factor that in when loading the wood into the stove. The logs can be broken down by knocking them on the floor to increase surface area. The stove door can be left open for maximum air circulation until the desired bathing temperature is reached.

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Once the fire is started, add wood every 20 minutes or so to maintain heating intensity. When you are getting close to the desired temperature, stop adding wood and close the air supply. This will reduce the burning intensity and stabilise the temperature of the water rather than continue to increase it.

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