How often do fellow hearth members clean the ashes out of your stoves. Iv found different stoves have different ash buildup. Im going on 2 weeks running in one of my stoves and still no need to clean out the ashes between 1 and 2 inches deep.
That seems like a good long time. Must be getting a good complete burn.Burning pine 24x7 and I clean mine out every 2-3 weeks. Once it starts getting deeper than 2 inches I scoop some out.
I dont think there is more than a gallon my Summer heat 2400 after 2 weeks of burning. I was surprised by that ,i was used to cleaning ashes out every few days with the NC-30. a week tops.About every week or so. I think there was about 4 gallons of ash I cleaned out yesterday after 8 days.
Mine too. Iv noticed the 30 seems to build up ashes quicker then my other stoves and the door glass is almost impossible to keep clean without constant attention . Englander seems to have corrected both of these issues in the Summers Heat model. Glass stays very clean, almost transparent and each morning the ash buildup looks as the same as the day before between 1 and 2 inches.My 30nc is awful for this. After about 2 cycles, I would be reloading on top of an ash/charcoal mixture about 6 inches deep. Sitting out the ash seemed to help with this. My fp25 works better in this regard, but will still start to build up fairly quickly.
Mine too. Iv noticed the 30 seems to build up ashes quicker then my other stoves and the door glass is almost impossible to keep clean without constant attention . Englander seems to have corrected both of these issues in the Summers Heat model. Glass stays very clean, almost transparent and each morning the ash buildup looks as the same as the day before between 1 and 2 inches.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. And as I said, this problem is worse when I burn mostly or completely ash loads.
Wonder what the issue is with the 30 then? I'm burning 100% ash for most of this year, haven't had too much ash to clean up. The ash does build up on the coals, but if I need to burn them down, I'll open up the air for several seconds, let the rush blow the ash off, then shut it back down (or even leave it open). Haven't cleaned mine out since this past Wednesday, and the only reason I did then was to replace a couple of worn out bricks.
So do you guys think stoves that leave more ash burn less completely or does less ash get sucked up the flue by the draft? Ultimately ash should just be the incombustible mineral material, but that's provided you have complete combustion.
How often do fellow hearth members clean the ashes out of your stoves. Iv found different stoves have different ash buildup. Im going on 2 weeks running in one of my stoves and still no need to clean out the ashes between 1 and 2 inches deep.
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