hi guy's not a major problem just a bit of a pain.have the ultimate wood stove from ja roby,say's 8 to 12 hour burn time.24 hour's later still have burning coals a lot of them .how do I get them to burn down. any suggestions appreciated
Make a coal sifter from some expanded metal and some piping, or drill lots of holes in a cheap fire shovel. Google images for "wood coal sifter" for ideas.
Sift out the ash, dump the remaining coals in a pile by the air supply, open the air, enjoy the show.
TE
Open up the air, and stir them up every 20 mins or so till all gone.
If you've got the time to look, I posted a picture of my home made one sometime last year in a thread about showing off handywork. Made from a leftover piece of expandamet and an old towel rail, it looks like crap but works just great. I bent up the sides in a bench vise, and bolted it onto the towel rail.That's a great idea TradEddie. An available expanded metal stove shovel would be a handy tool!
I did that one year, Put the lid on tight and snuff them out, I keep adding them when they got out of hand, Come spring I sifted out some of the finest charcoal you ever seen, It was fantastic for steaks!!This. Scoop them out and put them in a lidded metal container outside if you have to. Don't leave it inside due to CO fears
I think you have more draft now there for you are off gassing your wood faster. I might be wrong though. Are you getting stronger secondaries now?Im kinda of having the same problem right now and I think I figured it out. Im running a US stove country hearth 2500, I had it installed for 2 seasons upstairs in the living room of my ranch house...it was just way to much stove to be upstairs, so yesterday myself and 2 friends reinstalled it in my semi unfinished basement... the results are unexpected / exciting. When the stove was upstairs I could burn any type of wood and get white ash / hardly ever had any coals after a full burn cycle..now that the stove is in the basement I have a coal factory.. I suspect that when the stove was upstairs the stove itself stayed much warmer due to the upstairs being fully insulated thus I got ash at the end..now that its in the basement (uninsulated block walls) a lot of the heat is being drawn away from the stove and either sent through the house or being absorbed into the block wall foundation..end result a significant amount of coaling that I never experienced. Its pretty cool to know.. I'll soon be changing out this stove for a bk princess so Im not to worried about the coals, and if worse case scenario comes out I could always stud and insulate the walls.
This can cause excessive coaling if you have big splits. Perhaps check with moisture meter.wood which I thought was dry was actually a little too wet.
I always have a bag a pellets around for this if I need to burn down a lot of coals. Few cups of those work pretty well if you don't have smallish splits.I agree with Jake! I watched a video on this once and have used the same technique often. Rake all the coals into a pile toward the front and put one smallish split on top of it all and open the draft all the way. Softwood split wood be nice if you have one. Most if not all burns up beautifully.
Happy burning : )
I would say slightly stronger secondary's, nothing to brag about, I'm using the same wood as last week, and I know im in 8-12% moisture range, I have a thermometer on the stove and stack, there both with in the same range as when the stove was up stairs.I think you have more draft now there for you are off gassing your wood faster. I might be wrong though. Are you getting stronger secondaries now?
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