How Much Ash?

The one five gallon pail per three fifty pound bags of coal is about what I get with my hand fed Jotul's. I place my ash in a steel container outside until it is full and then carefully outside dump it into a large garbage bag and once a week it will go with my trash. The company that picks up my trash has never said anything about it. I did see him give me a strange look once when he compacted the trash and a large puff of ash cloud rose out of the back of the truck. When we have a good cold snap I will produce more, however, on the average that is all I produce. Never thought about trying to mix it to make brick. I do save some for when the driveway and walkways get icy. I do not use a lot on the walkways due to the fact I really do not care to track it into the house. Since I burned the Jotul all summer this year I produced ash the entire time. I found that blaschak produces more ash than kimmels or centralia. Not sure about reading for I have never burned that coal. The ash is very compact compared to those I know who burn a stoker. This is just my two cents for what it is worth.

the snowman.

I agree with snowman. The ash from a stoker has lots of volume but is not very dense. I have a galvanized trash can outside and I can easily pushed a closed fist down at least 18 inches with little effort. The stoker ashes look like little coal pieces with nothing in them. Very strange for someone used to burning a hand fed for 27 years.