It aint just for ashes

[westkywood]

I've covered my flue with hardware cloth in the past to keep birds out. This year, I decided to go the simple route and just put my ash bucket over it. It'll keep out the birds and the summer rains. I drilled two small holes in the bottom lip of the bucket so water will drain out so it doesn't rust ( doesn't go through the bucket itself. )
I placed a note on my stove that says "bucket" so I don't forget to remove it next season.
Besides, what says classy more than a bucket over your flue?

 

[ScotO]

Love the idea! You MAY want to look into securing it somehow, though. We've already had some UNBELIEVEABLE winds come through here this past month already, that would probably have flung that bucket off of the chimney. You wouldn't want that landing on one of your kids' heads.......

Maybe wrap a bungee cord tightly around the flue (or under your roof braces on the pipe) and hook it to the bail handle tabs or handle itself? Just an idea.....

 

[n3pro]

Now I can add something else to my bucket list before I kick the bucket :-D

 

[westkywood]

Love the idea! You MAY want to look into securing it somehow, though. We've already had some UNBELIEVEABLE winds come through here this past month already, that would probably have flung that bucket off of the chimney. You wouldn't want that landing on one of your kids' heads.......

Maybe wrap a bungee cord tightly around the flue (or under your roof braces on the pipe) and hook it to the bail handle tabs or handle itself? Just an idea.....

The bucket actually fits tight. The sides of the cap pushes against the bucket. I don't think it'll budge even in the strongest of wind. But if it does, I promise I'll man up and post pics.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

We see several with OWB doing that during the summer months. What the heck, we used to put a tin can on the exhaust of the old John Deere tractors when we left them outdoors overnight. Well, not just the JD, but all tractors.