I think I have a problem

[The tireddad]

Greetings everyone,
I have a regency wood stove insert (I believe the 2400 model). I have had the stove 5 years without many problems. For some reason this year I am accumulating so much ash I have to empty it every day. I understand ash is good but there is about 5” produced everyday. This is very abnormal as in the typical years it’s only a fraction of that daily. I am using mixed hardwoods. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem may be? If so ideas how to fix it?
Thanks

 

[Riteway]

What species of wood are you burning?

 

[peakbagger]

Its highly likely your wood supply changed last year. Different woods contain different percentages of ash. There is also can be a difference in the consistency of ash, some ash can be "fluffy" while some can look like lava rock. I can take the ash I put in my ash bucket and compress it with piece of cord wood to half its initial volume.

 

[kennyp2339]

Certain wood types pile the ash on, for me, I notice maple and ash really accumulates in the stove, where red oak and hickory just slowly keeps up in the ash dept, I think there's a difference between open and closed cell wood types, also obviously the drier your wood is, the more complete burn you will have, I also have noted that at least for my stove, wood can be to dry, if I get into the 12-14% territory I find fluffier ash vs compacted ash when splits are 16-20% range.