After reading the thread on the new Jotul 55 something came up about replacing ash pans with fire bricks or just laying them on top. My Keystone's have the ash pan and there is a removable grate above so I took it out and laid some bricks inside. This gives me an extra 1.5" height in the fire box which looks like a lot more than before. I know the old style Keystone and Palladian models didn't have ash pans and I'm wondering if this mod makes my fire box the same as the old ones? The specs say the height is 13" but with the ash grate installed I only get 12", without the grate I get 13.5". I'll fire this stove up later tonight and see what happens, hope I don't melt through the bottom.
Do you Jotul guys have removable ash grates?
Do you Jotul guys have removable ash grates?