0DRLddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I cant seem to light my traditional looking cylindrical Godin fire easily. How best to light these please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 We have two of these and they are not usually a problem to light. In fact my husband is usually i/c fires and he is away at the moment but basically we put screwed up up newspaper or a couple of firelighters in the bottom with a good quantity of dry kindling on top. Once it's alight (we use extra long matches through the bottom) we add one or two very dry smallish logs and top up with more dry logs once it's going well. Sometimes if the wind is in a particular direction we need to leave the room door/window ajar until it gets going, to increase the draught. Leaving the glass door on the stove slightly open until it gets going should help, and leave the damper fully open at the bottom until it is roaring away. Also leave a good bed of ash when you let the fire go out as this will make it easier next time (I don't know why but it seems to work). Really dry logs are essential, especially at the start-up stage, but don't put the very big stuff in until it gets going. We have been delighted with ours which will usually stay in overnight if we are careful, and they give out a generous amount of heat as well as looking nice. Hope this helps - if you still have problems lighting it, maybe it needs a check-up by the Godin engineer?Good luck,Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0DRLddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 ThanksI hadn't thoughof the long matches. Someone has told me they ar not for wood but anthracite, but I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 I've just checked the Godin catalogue and the tall cylindrical poeles take wood or charbon (coal) so I guess you could use anthracite (if you can find any). I lit ours last night and have come to the conclusion that screwed up newspaper is easier to light than firelighters as when you are lighting it through the bottom the match locates the paper easier than the firelighter. Hope you're having more success now!Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 hi always thought charbon was charcoal... is there coal in france?? dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFP2 Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Charbon is coal. Charbon de bois is charcoal. There is coal in France, as well as anthracite. The French burn coal in some regions, wood in others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hi Dave I always thought charbon was charcoal too, but the dictionary gives the translation as coal. Charcoal is apparently charbon de bois. I haven't seen coal on sale here (65) but I seem to remember someone from Northern France saying on this Forum some time ago that it was commonly used round them.Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0DRLddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 At long last, the fire is functioning properly. It is so hot and lovely.It was so cheap too. I have antracite on it, very little needed.I am as snug as a bug in a rug. Molly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 hi live and learn . thats what the forums for .. I always thought that anthracite was only found in Wales and the last coal mine in france shut 18 months ago so a ,,,,cannot find a red face smilley.....for me!!!! dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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