Whaddaya think??

Was thinking about installing an exhaust fan in the wall by the stove to suck out all the fly ash and smoke
to help keep the ginormous amount of dust I have been getting from feeding ,stoking and ash dumpin'
I can do this pretty cheap and think it would be a simple solution to keeping down the dust.
Any heat it takes out with it is negligible as it's all free anyhow.
Was thinking of the right side of the stove a little higher than the door in the pic.
So as soon as you open the door, and stuff gets to swirlin' it magically gets sucked right out the house.

Yes I have done the easy tippin' shovel and also used the ash drawer and it still sucks, hot ash is what
it is and it is making more dust than I want to deal with.
Cold or hot my ash drawer is just downright messy
Just think, you get to shovel hot ash out of the stove as fast as you want and no dust.

So, whaddaya think??

SolarAndWood said:

The good thing about a wood stove is it is in the middle of your living space. The bad thing about a wood stove is it is in your living space. My current ash solution is a full size coal shovel right in the firebox and then walk it outside to the bucket. The fan might work if it is very high volume but all the makeup air has to come from somewhere.

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Truckin' through the house with a shovel full o' hot ash I think would make matters worse.

I'm thinkin' not so much of a high volume fan if I crack the window on the opposite side if I know it's gonna get dusty
it will pull it right out on the cross breeze.

PINEBURNER said:

Try pressurizing the house, so that when you open the stove door the ash can't really make it out the door. And then get A CHEATAH ash vac so you dont have to deal with the shovel at all!

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Don't know how to pressurize the house unless I put a fan blowing outside air in.
Would rather a fan suck the stuff out.

Love the cheatah but I think that I might could set it on fire cause I think I would probably suck up
way more hot stuff than they recommend and I might could pull this off cheaper than the vac cost.

Shari said:

Get yourself a spare ash drawer. First ash drawer fills up, pull it out & set it on a heat proof surface & then put the spare ash drawer in the stove. Slap a cover on the first ash drawer and carry it outside to dump it in a double walled container with a lid. Equals: No ash dust in the house.

Shari

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Using the ash drawer on this thing sucks, typical pull the plug and shove em' down the hole set up.
get a couple three pushes in and it makes a mound in the drawer so when you pull it out it scrapes level
with the drawer hole and leaves a pile of crap in the bottom of the stove and everywhere else, and to top it off the thing is about only a quarter full.
The only good design on the drawer is it has a built on flap over cover so's when you pull it out you can flip the cover over the
hole and it is supposed to make less of a mess(in theory).

Been trying the ash drawer thing hot, cold and they both make a mess. would rather shovel into a bucket with the fan
idea thing and then just slap a wet towel over the bucket to get it to the back door.

LLigetfa said:

PINEBURNER said:

Try pressurizing the house, so that when you open the stove door the ash can't really make it out the door.

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Ja, open that window next to the stove a little at the bottom to let air in. The draft on the flue should suck out the dust.

What the heck do you have on the outside of the smoke pipe?

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Will try to crack the window next time I clean out and see if it helps.
But I think it still gonna' fly.

The stuff on the smoke pipe is that decorative ivy lookin' stuff that the wife just had to have to make my beautiful black pipe
look just a little bit more purty >:-(

Trust me it sucks, frickin dust magnet.