Ash Dust Relief
- joeq
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Lee has invented a way of making ash dumping a little less cloudy, but my wife has come up with a better way than that. Have "me" dump the ashes.
She's been a trooper through this whole coal burning experience, with very little complaints. But now that we're into our 3rd or 4th season...the inevitable has happened. She doesn't like the puff of ash dust that comes up when dumping, even tho it's outside, in a 15 gallon ash pale. But I came up with the cure. I purchased another 513 for parts a couple yrs ago, and now have the extra pan. Now, when the ash pan in the stove is full, (if it's her rotation), all she needs to do, is pull out the full ash pan, set it aside, and install the 2nd one, that's clean. When I get home, I can perform this "nasty" and undesirable task, of M/Ting the full pan. (Magic).
She's been a trooper through this whole coal burning experience, with very little complaints. But now that we're into our 3rd or 4th season...the inevitable has happened. She doesn't like the puff of ash dust that comes up when dumping, even tho it's outside, in a 15 gallon ash pale. But I came up with the cure. I purchased another 513 for parts a couple yrs ago, and now have the extra pan. Now, when the ash pan in the stove is full, (if it's her rotation), all she needs to do, is pull out the full ash pan, set it aside, and install the 2nd one, that's clean. When I get home, I can perform this "nasty" and undesirable task, of M/Ting the full pan. (Magic).
- davidmcbeth3
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Make it like vacuuming ..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Allegro-Central-Vacuum-F ... 35bb126fc9
So, ya just buy a new ash pan for every shake? Interesting....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Allegro-Central-Vacuum-F ... 35bb126fc9
So, ya just buy a new ash pan for every shake? Interesting....
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Maybe the luxury of living close to the water is the constant breeze. I stand upwind and pour slowly and the dust just trails away from me oh and close the door to the house before dumping! Tell her to be glad you are not burning wood as 10 times the mess inside and out.
- Hambden Bob
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Don't forget...That Wildman "Freddy" Makes High Quality Ash Pans,with Lids,Thank You ! He's a Humble Coal Board Guy who is Humble,and Never blows his own Horn here...Well,I figured I'd Toot it for him ! He makes the ash pan game so much easier to play,and with the lids on,alot Safer and Cleaner ! Shoot him a PM and get a quote. He'll probably need some dimensions too. I think others here have utilized his services and have loved the quality......No,I don't receive a Kick-Back for doing this ! I'm just a Coal Board Guy that would rather see a Quality Item get it's due,from A Quality Dude Like Freddy !
- Keepaeyeonit
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I to have 2 has pans but I will not have two wives thats for sure ,I wish someone else would empty and reload my stove for me but then again it may be easier in the long run to just do it myself. Since I bag mine and toss them in the trash I came up with a way to do it so I don't make a mess and that doesn't take long using a shop vac with high efficiency bag. I have been doing this since I started burning and it works good for me, I let the pan sit for a day before I dump it and I leave the bag sit for another day before I put in the garbage can.
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All my wood burning friends told me all about the ash everywhere and having to wash walls etc. I have no clue what they are talking about the shop vac only gets used if a complete shutdown and tiding up the ash pan area of the stove.joeq wrote:Good point double D.ddahlgren wrote:Tell her to be glad you are not burning wood as 10 times the mess inside and out.
- joeq
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Probably the "bit" coal is dirtier. But with anthracite, the only dust that I can see, comes from M/Ting the ash pan. I don't see anything abnormal on my shelves. but then again, my house isn't considered a "hospital environment".
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Empty mine outside with door closed so zero dust. My only problem is the TSC Kimmels is so wet the last quarter of the bucket is like coal stew and have to wait for it to dry. If it drips a PITA to clean.
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Sorry but can't agree with that. Burnt wood for decades & never had to break out the vac as often as I do with the coal stove. The light fly ash gets all over the place making a shop vac by the stove a necessity.ddahlgren wrote: Tell her to be glad you are not burning wood as 10 times the mess inside and out.
- Keepaeyeonit
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maybe with your stove but with my insert I needed 2 Shop Vacs to cut down the dust, it didn't have a ash pan so I had to shovel the ash off the fire brick into a bucket and that put more dust into my house then my coal insert ever will unless I drop the ashpan on the way out the door!JohnB wrote: Sorry but can't agree with that. Burnt wood for decades & never had to break out the vac as often as I do with the coal stove. The light fly ash gets all over the place making a shop vac by the stove a necessity.
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Comparing a woodstove with no ashpan to a coal stove with one is hardly a fair comparison. Both my Jotuls have ashpans as does my Hitzer. The fact that fly ash is messy & a pain is hardly news on this forum. This thread wouldn't exist if it wasn't.