hi guy's not a major problem just a bit of a pain.have the ultimate wood stove from ja roby,say's 8 to 12 hour burn time.24 hour's later still have burning coals a lot of them .how do I get them to burn down. any suggestions appreciated
never ending coals
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Thislilfishy
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That's a great idea TradEddie. An available expanded metal stove shovel would be a handy tool!
This. Scoop them out and put them in a lidded metal container outside if you have to. Don't leave it inside due to CO fears.
If you've got the time to look, I posted a picture of my home made one sometime last year in a thread about showing off handywork. Made from a leftover piece of expandamet and an old towel rail, it looks like crap but works just great. I bent up the sides in a bench vise, and bolted it onto the towel rail.
When I use this, the remaining ash is so "pure" that I can burn for many days without ever needing to empty ashes.
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JayD
Feeling the Heat
I did that one year, Put the lid on tight and snuff them out, I keep adding them when they got out of hand, Come spring I sifted out some of the finest charcoal you ever seen, It was fantastic for steaks!!
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
1) Open up air control and let it run for a bit
2) Place softwood split on coals, open up air control and run for a bit
3) Avoid reloading too often . . . let the stove run in cycles . . . let the coals get down to the size of baseballs or so before reloading. This is perhaps one of the more common reasons for excessive amounts of coals.
2) Place softwood split on coals, open up air control and run for a bit
3) Avoid reloading too often . . . let the stove run in cycles . . . let the coals get down to the size of baseballs or so before reloading. This is perhaps one of the more common reasons for excessive amounts of coals.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Im kinda of having the same problem right now and I think I figured it out. Im running a US stove country hearth 2500, I had it installed for 2 seasons upstairs in the living room of my ranch house...it was just way to much stove to be upstairs, so yesterday myself and 2 friends reinstalled it in my semi unfinished basement... the results are unexpected / exciting. When the stove was upstairs I could burn any type of wood and get white ash / hardly ever had any coals after a full burn cycle..now that the stove is in the basement I have a coal factory.. I suspect that when the stove was upstairs the stove itself stayed much warmer due to the upstairs being fully insulated thus I got ash at the end..now that its in the basement (uninsulated block walls) a lot of the heat is being drawn away from the stove and either sent through the house or being absorbed into the block wall foundation..end result a significant amount of coaling that I never experienced. Its pretty cool to know.. I'll soon be changing out this stove for a bk princess so Im not to worried about the coals, and if worse case scenario comes out I could always stud and insulate the walls.
I just dealt with this problem last week. However my stove was new so I don't think it was broke in all the way yet but I fixed the problem by Splitting my split down thinner and by doing this I found out that my wood which I thought was dry was actually a little too wet. I also wait till the wood turns to all coals then I open air control 3/4 of the way up until they have burned down enough to add more wood... Also if I end up putting too much of the wet wood in I will stir the coals every once in a while and this takes care of it was well. If I have a full stove of nice dry wood it will all burn to ash with the air control completely closed ... Check your wood ,make sure it is in fact dry
prezes13
Minister of Fire
I think you have more draft now there for you are off gassing your wood faster. I might be wrong though. Are you getting stronger secondaries now?
smokedragon
Minister of Fire
Definitely open the air, and stir them around (if you are there to). That is the first thing to try.
Otherwise, it is part of the cycle.
This can cause excessive coaling if you have big splits. Perhaps check with moisture meter.
Otherwise, it is part of the cycle.
Mellery
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I agree with Jake! I watched a video on this once and have used the same technique often. Rake all the coals into a pile toward the front and put one smallish split on top of it all and open the draft all the way. Softwood split wood be nice if you have one. Most if not all burns up beautifully.
Happy burning : )
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HotCoals
Minister of Fire
I always have a bag a pellets around for this if I need to burn down a lot of coals. Few cups of those work pretty well if you don't have smallish splits.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
I would say slightly stronger secondary's, nothing to brag about, I'm using the same wood as last week, and I know im in 8-12% moisture range, I have a thermometer on the stove and stack, there both with in the same range as when the stove was up stairs.
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