I'll play dumb here, for the sake of clarification.........
When it's said that Ash acts as an insulator (in reference to leaving a layer of it in the bottom of your firebox),.........what's it "insulating" against?
Is it that the bottom of the firebox is the part of the box that gets the hottest, and it NEEDS protection? Wouldn't stove manufacturers do things to the steel on the bottom to protect it more (make it thicker, for example), BECAUSE it is the most vulnerable?
Why do we "need" to insulate the firebox with Ash?
I do it, I'll continue to do it, but just thought that it was worth asking the question.
-Soupy1957
When it's said that Ash acts as an insulator (in reference to leaving a layer of it in the bottom of your firebox),.........what's it "insulating" against?
Is it that the bottom of the firebox is the part of the box that gets the hottest, and it NEEDS protection? Wouldn't stove manufacturers do things to the steel on the bottom to protect it more (make it thicker, for example), BECAUSE it is the most vulnerable?
Why do we "need" to insulate the firebox with Ash?
I do it, I'll continue to do it, but just thought that it was worth asking the question.
-Soupy1957