Heartstone addons

garcia.1 said:

Contacted Hearthstone by email from their site. Wanted some pics and diagrams of their outside air kit and blower for my Heritage stove. Haven't heard back and was wondering if anyone had an idea of another way to get them? Also am I the only one that thinks their ash pan is worthless, or am I just used to cleaning out the fire box the old fashion way?

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Highbeam said:

I've shoved more than 30 cords of wood through my heritage and my ash pan looks new.

It is a stupid design with a stupid wide door and little hinges way on the end that are just begging to wear out and allow air leakage. Then you have to open the door and shake a grate with a tool to let ash into the pan, more silly moving parts. Then you have to hope that you didn't overfill that stupid small ash pan and spill ash into the drawer area because if you do, the ash pan can't be replaced properly and you risk shutting the door improperly (using the stupid latch design) and causing an air leak that will ruin your stove. If all goes as perfectly as the dumb designer had hoped you would have a pile of hot ash about the size of a book in an open tray to somehow dispose of. What are you going to do with it? Walk across the room? This would have the effect blasting ash all over the room. Sump it into a bucket? Ha! The hot ash is particularly light and prone to taking flight with the slightest agitation. Now you're outside with it. Can't dump it in the trash or else you will catch your trash on fire. Cast it out over the garden or lawn is about your best choice. Better check the wind direction.

If the ash pan design allowed it I would let the ash pan cavern fill up with ash to seal it from the fire and to provide more thermal mass.

I have no problems with shoveling the ash into a regular bucket. The bucket holds the full load of ash (more than a few OEM ashpan loads) has high sides and a handle to make transport clean. The only messy part is dumping the shovel loads into the bucket but, with care, even this action can be dust free.

I think HS relies on their dealers to sell stoves and trinkets. You've done the equivalent of calling Ford Motor Company to ask about the radio.

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Highbeam said:

I've shoved more than 30 cords of wood through my heritage and my ash pan looks new.

It is a stupid design with a stupid wide door and little hinges way on the end that are just begging to wear out and allow air leakage. Then you have to open the door and shake a grate with a tool to let ash into the pan, more silly moving parts. Then you have to hope that you didn't overfill that stupid small ash pan and spill ash into the drawer area because if you do, the ash pan can't be replaced properly and you risk shutting the door improperly (using the stupid latch design) and causing an air leak that will ruin your stove. If all goes as perfectly as the dumb designer had hoped you would have a pile of hot ash about the size of a book in an open tray to somehow dispose of. What are you going to do with it? Walk across the room? This would have the effect blasting ash all over the room. Sump it into a bucket? Ha! The hot ash is particularly light and prone to taking flight with the slightest agitation. Now you're outside with it. Can't dump it in the trash or else you will catch your trash on fire. Cast it out over the garden or lawn is about your best choice. Better check the wind direction.

If the ash pan design allowed it I would let the ash pan cavern fill up with ash to seal it from the fire and to provide more thermal mass.

I have no problems with shoveling the ash into a regular bucket. The bucket holds the full load of ash (more than a few OEM ashpan loads) has high sides and a handle to make transport clean. The only messy part is dumping the shovel loads into the bucket but, with care, even this action can be dust free.

I think HS relies on their dealers to sell stoves and trinkets. You've done the equivalent of calling Ford Motor Company to ask about the radio.

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