Do you see much smoke during the first few minutes after lighting? After it gets up to proper operating temperature then the combustion should be more efficient

Do you see much smoke during the first few minutes after lighting? After it gets up to proper operating temperature then the combustion should be more efficient, with a lot less smoke visible, but as it warms up it could be belching out a lot of smoke. I see large quantities of initial smoke from mine (and a few other houses in my old, rural street). The type of wood used will also affect it, of course. BTW, given that you bought an exempted stove you could probably burn this sort of thing as well: https://solidfuelcentre.co.uk/homefire-olive-briquettes https://solidfuelcentre.co.uk/homefire-olive-briquettes