How to light a wood burning stove may seem obvious but there is a ideal way to do it, that both saves you money and are better for the environment. To light your wood burning stove you put two normal-sized logs at the bottom then build ontop of that with smaller pieces of finely chopped wood. Then simply place the kindling in the center of the wood and light. When the fire has been lit we recommend that you leave the wood stove door open with a small gap until the flame have taken off and got a good spread.