Lots of Fly Ash in Stoker Normal?

I am getting alot of ash flying around in my stoker. Example - I had 1/2 an inch on my door jamb horizontal piece last week. I vacuumed it. This week, 1/2 inch again.

This normal?

Yes, from my short experience of having one, it's normal. I've started tapping the inside of the stove with a broom handle to knock it down periodically and then vacuuming it out with the shopvac once a week or so.

Yes, just some coal have more ash then others. BUt that is typical, I vacuum mine out about once a month or so.

Same here.
I got vf3000 and I have to vac every other day.
Than again I just love to sit and watch that boiler
make some heat.

Dan

You could also try going up the next size of coal. rice to buckwheat or buckwheat to pea. The smaller the coal pieces the more the ashes float in the fire box from the blower motor. But check your specs prior to overdoing it. If you have the means, an 18 inch air chuck (compressor) is what I use to knock off that pesky rogue fly ash and vac it up about once a week

You could also try going up the next size of coal. rice to buckwheat or buckwheat to pea.

Bad advice for some, depends on the type of appliance you have.

In Articcatmatt's case he has a TriBurner like I have. He can burn rice or buckwheat size, I use buck. In other type of stoker stoves using buck can result in combustion gases finding it's way out through the hopper.
Stoker boilers can use several sizes of coal, depending on the type of feed mechanism. You shouldn't use pea size in a stoker stove.

I am getting alot of ash flying around in my stoker.

Normal.