Ashcan on wood porch

[Jay777]

I'd like to store my metal ashcan on the porch, which is of course made of wood.

Can someone suggest a good material to place under the can so my house doesn't burn down?

 

[Redox]

Just about anything ceramic, like a paver or a cinder block. Our porch is brick...

Chris

 

[billb3]

concrete pavers, bricks, rocks, thick piece of steel,
you could suspend it with chain, too.
A metal plant stand.
An old PC.
old tire rims

just giving my garage an eyeball for non-flammmable items that might fit.

 

[fossil]

Don't set it on a solid piece of thin masonry...yeah, it's non-combustible, but it's a crappy insulator. Better to put it up on a couple of bricks or something, so there's an air space underneath it. Rick

 

[Jay777]

Good advice, thanks. I was thinking about some ceramic tile, but yeah, I was worried it would just get hot itself, and at the least leave a scorch mark of some sort. I think some bricks will do the job.

 

[fossil]

I use one of these. A bit more spendy than a couple of old bricks, but it has a double steel bottom, so it could probably just sit on your deck with no problem. I put mine outside on concrete if it's got hot stuff in it. Rick

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[Haston]

I have our ashcan (10 gal. galvanized trash can) sitting up on a 3-inch cinder block. Works well. The only problem: one evening the can blew over in high winds. None of the ash was hot, but if it had been... Now I incorporate some bricks around the base of the can to provide a more stable cradle. H.

 

[Carl]

I use one of these. A bit more spendy than a couple of old bricks, but it has a double steel bottom, so it could probably just sit on your deck with no problem. I put mine outside on concrete if it's got hot stuff in it. Rick

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Wow Rick, we have one of those from years ago and leave it on our hearth besides the stove. May move it this year as we purchased a vacumn to clean the dust from around the stove.

We didn't pay no where near that price for ours. Wish I had gotten a gross of them now. Age has its benifits. :lol:

 

[fossil]

Yeah, well, Carl...I wish I'd invested in '55 Chevys and T-Birds. Who knew? Like (I think) Steven Wright said, "You can't have everything, where would you put it?" 8-/ Rick

 

[Redox]

Yeah, well, Carl...I wish I'd invested in '55 Chevys and T-Birds. Who knew? Like (I think) Steven Wright said, "You can't have everything, where would you put it?" 8-/ Rick

"Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company..." F. Gump :cheese:

Chris

 

[Carl]

Yeah, well, Carl...I wish I'd invested in '55 Chevys and T-Birds. Who knew? Like (I think) Steven Wright said, "You can't have everything, where would you put it?" 8-/ Rick

in my woodshed of course! :lol: