cleaning up the ashes, are you doing this too?

I have when they get excessive. I use a fryolater basket. It does let soot into the room so
I need to be careful.

 

I'll leave any charcoal if it's worth the time, and I leave a little ash to cover up the plate where I dump the ash into the pan.
Just trying to keep any air from entering from that area and add some "insulation" I guess?
Brick is showing otherwise, it's just allows maximum time before needing to empty again.
Does anyone keep their ash bucket full in the winter to treat ice?
I do and if I don't need it, I just go dump it when it's time to clean out again and fill it back up.

Edit to add, I also have a dog and I don't use it where she is. I use it mainly at the end to middle of driveway since I am lazy and don't clean the entire driveway. (and it's not necessary imo)
So the packed down stuff does get dicey at times.

 

I use something like this to store ash in. Usually dump it once in the spring. Then I don't have to worry about catching the woods on fire if I empty a warm stove.

www.amazon.com/31-Gallon-Galvanized-Steel-Trash-Pre-Galvanized/dp/B07RXGDS9V/ref=asc_df_B07RXGDS9V?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80058309938566&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=104241&hvtargid=pla-4583657844476684&psc=1

 

I like to rake the coals out when I can especially when I have a hot stove and don’t want to completely restart the fire, but need to get some ash out. Unfortunately I don’t have a very good ash rake and can’t find one.

Spirch where did you get your “ash rake”?

 

Interesting.... You're burning Coles! Where would one obtain these "Coles" and how many BTU should one expect. I would kinda think they would just put the fire out with all the "juices".

 

I get it all, I don't discriminate:

 

I dump on a snow bank in a hole made for them

snowbank are notoriously difficult to burn

 

My cooled ashes go to my SIL and mixed in with compost for her garden.

I she's had enough, then like I do with my excess compost, using a long handled shovel, it gets broadcast around the yard.

 

dollar store, nothing fancy

 

As others have said when the ashes get to much I just shovel out about half of the and keep burning but then again one my stove is lit we burn constantly till the season ends

 

All the ash and charcoal fall down into the secondary burn chamber on my boiler, and nothing survives in there (maybe a big nail or screw, but that's about it). I can burn a cord of wood and end up with about maybe 2 gallons of fine powdery ash.

 

Ash goes into ash bucket.

When bucket fills up, I let it sit a week, and then dump into a trash bag and it goes into the trash for pickup.

I don't sift or filter, when the burn chamber fills up everything goes.

 

I made a rake. I rake the coals forward and push the ashes back like many others. Usually at morning restart. When I am cleaning the ashes from the stove when they build up, I push them to the back of the cold stove and give them a good spray with the Wif's ironing mister. A couple of spritzes during the process kills the fly ash! I spray the top of the ash in the bucket also before whisking it to the garage.

 

The ashes I take out of the stove go to my neighbor who has a long driveway.

 

Hey nice rake