I just close the blinds, turn off the lights, and scoop away. Haven't seen any dust yet...
i love that answer. come to think of it, the area where my stove is, is kind of dim......lolI just close the blinds, turn off the lights, and scoop away. Haven't seen any dust yet...
Yes, actually, the sunlight does shine directly across the stove door in the morning (if the sun is out). And no, I've never seen an ash cloud in the air unless I bobble the shovel, or particularly noticeable ash "dust" on surfaces until towards the end of the heating season, when I finally get around to bother dusting the furniture. And it isn't much.If your stove is in a spot where direct sun shines across the door of your stove, you'll see exactly how much dust can be created. I can tell how well I'm doing by looking around at various surfaces, dark ones in particular.
In the middle of winter? You sweeping more than once a year? How dry is your wood?
I'm with Dix. I just cleaned out a month's worth of ash and then cleaned the chimney with a slit plastic shield. The dust was minimal.
Sounds like you are doing well. I don't like to see more than one or two particles floating, so my definition of a "cloud" may be different than yours. Besides good technique, a lot depends on how good your draft is and the design of your stove. I imagine that certain stoves just draw in the ash better than others. If I had to shovel the ash out of my little side-loaders, there's no room to speak of to get a pan in there, I would have to try to get it to draft into the stove through the small side door.I've never seen an ash cloud in the air...or particularly noticeable ash "dust" on surfaces
OK, I wouldn't have too big a problem shoveling 'em out just once a month but the time invested might be about the same as me carrying out the pan every few days...that's gotta be a lot of shoveling. Maybe not, though...you have shoulder weather all winter and a heat pump. I might think an ash pan was over-rated, too. How much wood do you toast in a season?I just cleaned out a month's worth of ash
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