Oops...

NorthernIndiana · Post by **NorthernIndiana** » Mon. Feb. 09, 2015 4:35 pm

Here's my humility check for the season...

First, I bought a new ash vac. Great way to keep the ash under control, right? Well it works better if you read the instructions and properly install the bag filter. I spent a couple weeks sucking up ash, sending it through the motor and back into the room. Can you say Pompeii?

Next, I haul in coal from the back yard. Like a good father of five, I hitch the kids up their sleds and have them haul in the buckets after I fill them. We had a good 16 inches of snow last weekend, which melted and refroze. The result was some uneven sled trails which led to a dumped bucket. The kids shoveled the spilled coal back into the buck with about a gallon of unmelted snow. This afternoon I dumped that bucket into the stove, water and all. Oops.... A steam explosion. It literally blew the fiberglass rope off the hopper door and filled the house with so much steam the fire alarms were going off. I now have the windows open hoping it will air out before my wife gets home. Yuck!

Photog200 · Post by **Photog200** » Mon. Feb. 09, 2015 5:28 pm

NorthernIndiana wrote:Here's my humility check for the season...

First, I bought a new ash vac. Great way to keep the ash under control, right? Well it works better if you read the instructions and properly install the bag filter. I spent a couple weeks sucking up ash, sending it through the motor and back into the room. Can you say Pompeii?

Next, I haul in coal from the back yard. Like a good father of five, I hitch the kids up their sleds and have them haul in the buckets after I fill them. We had a good 16 inches of snow last weekend, which melted and refroze. The result was some uneven sled trails which led to a dumped bucket. The kids shoveled the spilled coal back into the buck with about a gallon of unmelted snow. This afternoon I dumped that bucket into the stove, water and all. Oops.... A steam explosion. It literally blew the fiberglass rope off the hopper door and filled the house with so much steam the fire alarms were going off. I now have the windows open hoping it will air out before my wife gets home. Yuck!

Wow, your day was even worse than mine! I hope not too much damage was done, or will be done when your wife gets home.

Randy

Stoker6268 · Post by **Stoker6268** » Mon. Feb. 09, 2015 5:45 pm

Typical Monday !

just peter · Post by **just peter** » Tue. Feb. 10, 2015 10:59 am

Well see it on the bright side, this will not happen again.
This kind of stuf learns faaast.

Peter