I use the ash pan and dump it every few days. I don't see any problem using it the way Jotul intended.
I used to use the shop vac with a dry wall filter on occasion to clean up around the hearth . . . but typically this was only after I was done burning for the year . . . otherwise I would use a brush and dust pan. Then I won an ash vac . . . and that gets used to clean up around the hearth now . . . a lot safer than the ordinary ol' shop vac. I never vacuum out the inside of the woodstove though . . . just the hearth.
Do you hate your ash pan poll made me curious so I started a poll but could not figure out how to attach it to the other thread.
I don't see why anyone would want to mess around inside a hot stove shoveling ashes out through the door. The pan lets me continue with the purpose of the wood stove: BURN WOOD with NO break for removing the ash.
Thanks BGOK, I figured out how to merge and added a poll. So what do people think? Is the ashpan worth the addition bucks or is it a PITA?
Thanks for the insight. +1 on safer. My shop vac 6.5 HP monster would probably suck out everything including half the firebrick - just before bursting into flames. I've always used just the brush but I think I'll keep an eye on these ash vacs - they had a whack of them stacked up to kick off the burning season - I smell a sale later this fall...I used to use the shop vac with a dry wall filter on occasion to clean up around the hearth . . . but typically this was only after I was done burning for the year . . . otherwise I would use a brush and dust pan. Then I won an ash vac . . . and that gets used to clean up around the hearth now . . . a lot safer than the ordinary ol' shop vac. I never vacuum out the inside of the woodstove though . . . just the hearth.
I shovel ash and do not use the ash pan. I am still able to "BURN WOOD with NO break for removing the ash."
Never had a problem with it. First thing in the morning, shovel out some ash, rake coals forward, throw in some wood.I dunno, when I am reloading my stove is usually too hot inside to spend a bunch of time with a shovel poking things around. I like just opening the door, filling with wood and dealing with the ashes separately.
Dealing with the ashes while the stove is running full bore keeps the draft nice and high and sucks the stray ashes into the stove rather than floating around the room.
So easy.
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Exactly. Any problem getting that little drop hole plugged again scares me - don't want the stove sucking air there if I fubar getting that plug back in tight. With my luck I'd leave a gap (after wrestling with it in the midst of some hot coals) and then build up a big fire over top and then realize I can't control the air. I'm probably being extra paranoid about all this, the plug isn't that hard to re-seat, but a shovel and steel pail takes care of any worries around that just fine.I am not a fan of using the one in the 30-NC.
The pan does exactly what it's supposed to - holds ash.
Getting ash in there and sealing the little drop hole is an entirely different story though. Especially when you have 10 lbs of 2-3" pallet nails within the ashes....
I think I am going to like this... Much faster than shoveling and the grate made it easy to sort out coals from ash. Only down side is that I do have to actually take the ashes out of the house right away instead of shoveling into a bucket I leave on the hearth - will have to work up a solution to that on. Now to figure out how to know when the pan is full without opening the door to check. Hmmm...
Does any stove offer an ash pan that at least has the capacity to hold the ashes from one firebox in need of an emptying?
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