Coal Bed Not Fully Burning

tcalo · Post by **tcalo** » Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 11:34 am

I'm On Fire wrote:Stop burning then wood. The ash from the wood combined with the ash from The coal may be clogging the grates up. If your fire is dying without burning all the coal up first it may not be getting enough air. Just switch to coal for a day or two and see if it improves. If it does it may be the wood ash is choking the air off.

Good idea, I will switch to coal for a few days and see how it goes. Thanks

nortcan · Post by **nortcan** » Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 12:14 pm

If I were you, I would try exactly what I'm onfire just said. Both ashes are not the same.
Good luck!

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 1:05 pm

tcalo wrote:I have a good deep bed of wood embers. I add a layer of coal covering the grates. Once all the coal catches and is glowing I add another layer of coal. Once the second layer catches I fill the fire pot full. Most of the coal is burnt to ash by morning, but there is about a 2" layer that remains unburnt. I have a feeling it is the ash choking the fire. The grate is full in the morning, no visible glow.

When ever you have "no glow" in the ash pan, you 're going to be lucky to maintain a fire. Before you go to bed, check and fill the stove. If you've got no glow, then shake it till you do and refill, if it's dropped.

I'm On Fire · Post by **I'm On Fire** » Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 1:26 pm

SteveZee wrote:
tcalo wrote:I have a good deep bed of wood embers. I add a layer of coal covering the grates. Once all the coal catches and is glowing I add another layer of coal. Once the second layer catches I fill the fire pot full. Most of the coal is burnt to ash by morning, but there is about a 2" layer that remains unburnt. I have a feeling it is the ash choking the fire. The grate is full in the morning, no visible glow.
When ever you have "no glow" in the ash pan, you 're going to be lucky to maintain a fire. Before you go to bed, check and fill the stove. If you've got no glow, then shake it till you do and refill, if it's dropped.

I know when I get home from work if I open the ash door there is usually very little glow. I shake till there is a lot of glow. When I get up in the morning there is usually absolutely no glow because I turn my stove up at night and down during the day. So, whatever was burning at night has turned to ash.