Yeah looks like you have 2 choices, remove them or burn them out. I do exactly what Pen does and at times I don't want to lose too much heat I try and clean out half the stove then spread out the remaining and reload.
Oak coal bed growing to fast!!!
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I'm tellin' ya, when it gets cold, and I'm throwin' the wood to the Oslo, and the coal bed gets too high, and it so freakin' cold that I don't want to wait for coals to burn down, this is what I do....
SHOVEL 'EM OUT OF THERE
I mean, what are you guys collecting coals for? They have no use to me other than to keep me from crankin' out some serious heat when needed
So, I have this big, blue, enamelware cookpot with lid, and what I do is, shovel the coals out of the stove, into the cookpot, and then take that thing by the handles and carry it outside to a safe place so as not to start Pennsylvania on fire.....
SHOVEL 'EM OUT OF THERE
I mean, what are you guys collecting coals for? They have no use to me other than to keep me from crankin' out some serious heat when needed
So, I have this big, blue, enamelware cookpot with lid, and what I do is, shovel the coals out of the stove, into the cookpot, and then take that thing by the handles and carry it outside to a safe place so as not to start Pennsylvania on fire.....
I try to mix in some more pine /less hardwood to keep it under control, or as mentioned pallet scraps, etc. work well too. Nice punky dry pine will help, and gets it out of the wood pile. I like the idea of saving some for the BBQ, I think I'll scavenge the coal pile outside later this spring and build up some BBQ stash
Hmmm . . . lot of questions about excessive coaling . . . perhaps not too coincidentally enough these all occurred around the same time . . . when the really cool weather moved in.
Generally, I don't have too much of a problem with excessive coaling . . . I did when I first started as I would tend to add wood to the stove too early instead of waiting. Nowadays I just wait it out a bit longer before reloading. This is one way to help reduce excessive coaling . . . plus when you get to the latter coaling stage you can open up the air and burn down the coals even more.
On these wicked cold days however I find myself wanting to add more wood sooner rather than later to keep the heat levels up . . . and when this happens I tend to get more coals. Every so often when the coals get too high I just toss in a small split (usually softwood), open up the air and run it wide open . . . in a half hour to 45 minutes the coals should be decreased dramatically.
Generally, I don't have too much of a problem with excessive coaling . . . I did when I first started as I would tend to add wood to the stove too early instead of waiting. Nowadays I just wait it out a bit longer before reloading. This is one way to help reduce excessive coaling . . . plus when you get to the latter coaling stage you can open up the air and burn down the coals even more.
On these wicked cold days however I find myself wanting to add more wood sooner rather than later to keep the heat levels up . . . and when this happens I tend to get more coals. Every so often when the coals get too high I just toss in a small split (usually softwood), open up the air and run it wide open . . . in a half hour to 45 minutes the coals should be decreased dramatically.
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