Ok gang.......let's review........
Recently my Daughter and Son-In-Law "babysat" the dogs for us, while the wife and I went away for a "mini-vacation" to Ohio, for a wedding.
Naturally, the house-sitters wanted to light a fire, (although admittedly there's not much call for one this time of year except in the morning for a short while, depending on when you get up), and the Son-In-Law asked about cleaning out the ash.
I told him of the insulative value of a layer on the bottom, but I stumbled on the explanation of any additional value to the ash in the firebox. (Not talking here about using for the garden, or other things of that sort).
It occurred to me that I couldn't remember the value if any, that I had heard about, with regard to the fire itself. What does ash (not the wood, the byproduct of the burn), do for the burn besides offer an insulation layer?
You scientific types can explain it to me, I'm sure..........then I can tell the Son-In-Law something that sounds intelligent for a change......lol.
-Soupy1957
Recently my Daughter and Son-In-Law "babysat" the dogs for us, while the wife and I went away for a "mini-vacation" to Ohio, for a wedding.
Naturally, the house-sitters wanted to light a fire, (although admittedly there's not much call for one this time of year except in the morning for a short while, depending on when you get up), and the Son-In-Law asked about cleaning out the ash.
I told him of the insulative value of a layer on the bottom, but I stumbled on the explanation of any additional value to the ash in the firebox. (Not talking here about using for the garden, or other things of that sort).
It occurred to me that I couldn't remember the value if any, that I had heard about, with regard to the fire itself. What does ash (not the wood, the byproduct of the burn), do for the burn besides offer an insulation layer?
You scientific types can explain it to me, I'm sure..........then I can tell the Son-In-Law something that sounds intelligent for a change......lol.
-Soupy1957