How to use fireplace?

🔥 Smidson Vigo – Decorative Fireplace (Available Summer 2026)

The Smidson Vigo is a lightweight decorative fireplace designed to bring atmosphere and warmth of feeling to the holiday home. Even in –35 °C temperatures, it is not intended for heating. The home's electric underfloor heating provides a comfortable indoor temperature.

🌬️ Preparations Before Lighting

  • Open the chimney damper. Ensure the flue is open and the draft works. You can test it by burning a small piece of paper—the smoke should rise into the chimney.

  • Ensure air supply. Turn off the range hood during lighting. You may open the kitchen window slightly for a moment.

🌲 Wood and Kindling

  • Stack a few pieces of split firewood crosswise in the firebox.

  • For lighting, place birch bark, fire starters, or small sticks on top of the wood.

✨ Lighting the Fire

  • Top‑down lighting: Light the wood from the top. This creates cleaner combustion and more efficient burning.

  • Air adjustment: Keep the combustion air control fully open during lighting. You may keep the fireplace door slightly ajar until the fire is burning well.

🔥 Adding More Wood

  • Add larger logs one at a time, and only when there is a proper bed of embers.

  • Open the air control fully for a moment as the new wood catches fire, then adjust it back to a calm burn.

  • Firewood can be found at xxx.

⚠️ Warnings

  • Do not fill the firebox completely—the fireplace may overheat. It is decorative, not a heating appliance.

  • Do not burn trash in the fireplace.

  • Ensure all embers are out before closing the chimney damper. Closing it too early can cause a carbon monoxide hazard.

  • Avoid using the range hood during lighting. If needed, open the kitchen window slightly to ensure sufficient airflow.