I have an observation to make: I am seeing photos of ash buckets sitting on hearths, 'storing' ashes. I don't do that.
Whenever I clean out my ash pan, the ash pan is taken outside and is dumped into a 13(?) gallon galvanized garbage can with a lock down lid. This 13 gallon can stays outside. Empty ash pan is then brought back into the house and reinserted into the stove. EDIT: Same thing should go for those of you who have to shovel out your ashes: Shovel them out then take the ashes outside.
My ash 'dumping' takes place outside. Ashes stay outside. Ashes are not disturbed inside.
When my 13(?) gallon garbage can gets filled it is then dumped into a 30(?) gallon galvanized garbage can which is elsewhere outside and then the little can is put back in a convenient location (near an exit door) and repositioned on it's heat proof surface.
I guess when I see an ash bucket sitting on/near a hearth I wonder if there are embers in there just waiting to get spilled out inside the house or waiting for live coal heat to transfer to the bottom of the ash bucket which 'might' be sitting on carpeting.
What are your thoughts about 'storing' ashes in the house?
(EDIT: I just changed the title a bit to include stove owners who do not have an ash pan.)
Whenever I clean out my ash pan, the ash pan is taken outside and is dumped into a 13(?) gallon galvanized garbage can with a lock down lid. This 13 gallon can stays outside. Empty ash pan is then brought back into the house and reinserted into the stove. EDIT: Same thing should go for those of you who have to shovel out your ashes: Shovel them out then take the ashes outside.
My ash 'dumping' takes place outside. Ashes stay outside. Ashes are not disturbed inside.
When my 13(?) gallon garbage can gets filled it is then dumped into a 30(?) gallon galvanized garbage can which is elsewhere outside and then the little can is put back in a convenient location (near an exit door) and repositioned on it's heat proof surface.
I guess when I see an ash bucket sitting on/near a hearth I wonder if there are embers in there just waiting to get spilled out inside the house or waiting for live coal heat to transfer to the bottom of the ash bucket which 'might' be sitting on carpeting.
What are your thoughts about 'storing' ashes in the house?
(EDIT: I just changed the title a bit to include stove owners who do not have an ash pan.)