Ash Vacuum
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I have been using a shop vac for years. What is the harm in using it? I don't have any dust or ash enter the house when I use it.
I use the 20 minute rule on my castile. When the fire is on high, with a full feed, I knock down the thermostat and wait 20 minutes. That is just about 5 minutes after the blower stops running. Never had an issue.
I have a craftsman 16 gal wet/dry vac. I have used the pleated cartridge filter it came with for vacuuming drywall dust many times, and have never had any dust blow back into the room. I think it may be a HEPA filter. I have never vacuumed ash - is ash any finer than drywall dust? Or am I all set with what I have? Obviously, I would be vacuuming cool ashes only.
16 gallon shop vac here. Use with drywall bags to vac out stove
when cooled down. I do a complete vac job once a month on the stove.
I let it cool down for a couple hours then have at it.
The majority of the ash I dump from the ash pan into my garden so
only have to vac what's in the ash traps and little nooks in the stove.
My stove runs 24/7 when the heating season begins and in 3 years
I've never had to vacuum the stove weekly and it runs A+ with the
maintenance I do. The ash pan on this stove is huge though so I can
see not being able to go as long with a smaller pan but even then, weekly for a
full cleanout seems like more work than needed to keep most quality stoves
running well.
when cooled down. I do a complete vac job once a month on the stove.
I let it cool down for a couple hours then have at it.
The majority of the ash I dump from the ash pan into my garden so
only have to vac what's in the ash traps and little nooks in the stove.
My stove runs 24/7 when the heating season begins and in 3 years
I've never had to vacuum the stove weekly and it runs A+ with the
maintenance I do. The ash pan on this stove is huge though so I can
see not being able to go as long with a smaller pan but even then, weekly for a
full cleanout seems like more work than needed to keep most quality stoves
running well.
- Apr 14, 2006
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What? No love for the Loveless? Pricey but it does the job it's designed for, and I use the ash in my garden.
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