Can moisture driven from the bricks drip into thru the ashhole and then travel to a low corner on the stove?The drips are odd for this type of stove. It's a welded steel stove with a cast iron jacket. Moisture from the firebricks can't get out and there is no cement on your stove. You haven't described your setup, but I'm guessing you have a set of elbows in the connector pipe?