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| My wife and I will be installing an insert into our masonry fireplace sometime over the next few months and would like to hear folks opinions about ash pans. It seems ash cleanout would be a lot easier versus having to let the thing cool down. Thoughts? |
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- Posted by mainegrower (My Page) on Sat, Feb 14, 09 at 5:41
| One person's opinion. Integral ash pans are more trouble than they are worth. They can clog, stick and can dangerously increase the draft in the stove if they don't close fully. There is a device named the Ashtrap manufactured in Ontario that I've been using for the past two winters. It's a metal wedge shaped container with a sliding cover. Here's a second unsolicited opinion. If you want to seriously use wood heat, you're much better off with a free standing woodstove than with an insert. Much more heat without the need for an annoyingly noisy and frequently inoperable fan. |
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- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Sat, Feb 14, 09 at 7:12
| I have had both an insert and a freestanding stove. Both work very well. I rarely used the blower on the insert because it blew cool air when the stove cooled. But since you have a fireplace, installing an insert is logical. Just get a quality insert and have it professonally installed. |
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| Thank you for posting the ashpan - that looks like it will do the trick. Anything to cut down on dust when changing ashes will be great. mainegrower - would love to go the stove route but we just don't have room with the big masonry fireplace dominating the small-ish living room. |
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