If it's cool outside and you'd like some warm heat in the living room, you can make a fire in the pellet stove.

• Please start by changing the "mode" on the main thermostat on the wall near the dining room. This thermostat controls the central heat of the house, and doesn't cooperate with the pellet stove. So, tap the screen on the thermostat, and choose the MODE tab at the top-right of the home screen. From this menu, choose "FAN ONLY". Leave the central heat in Fan Only mode while heating with the pellet stove.
• If we have done our jobs well, the pellet hopper is already full, which you can see by looking through the glass on top of the pellet stove. Tap the display on top to turn it ON, and to turn on the light inside the hopper. Looks like this:

• If you use all the pellets or if you find it low, you can add pellets yourself. Find the pellets on the floor in the garage. Like this:

• Find an open pellet bag or use a sharp knife to open a corner of the bag. Open the top glass door until it's held open. Pour just enough pellets into the hopper to fill the hopper. Push the release button inside the hopper to close the hopper, like this:

• To start the stove, tap the display on top if it isn't lit, then tap the UP or DOWN arrows to choose room temperature. We recommend starting at 73-degrees. You can adjust UP or DOWN later. Then simply tap the START button. Like this:

• The pellet stove will ignite and heat by itself. Leave the pellet stove at this setting until you are ready to turn it off.
• Always turn off the stove before it runs out of pellets. If you can see pellets in the hopper, then you don't need to add more.
• You can add pellets while the firebox is hot.
• Whenever you leave the Lodge, or if you're finished heating the living room, tap the power OFF button and let the stove cool down on its own. As it completes, all the fans, lights, and display will turn off completely.
• After turning off the pellet stove, change the "mode" on the main thermostat back to "HEAT". Again, tap the screen on the thermostat, and choose the MODE tab at the top-right of the home screen. From this menu, choose "HEAT". As the pellet stove cools down, the central heat will take over again for the whole house.