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What ash vacuum do you all like for your pellet stoves etc? I am new to pellet stoves and now have 2 of them. Service guy was just here today and now I am fired up. He suggested the loveless brand. Mentioned the lynx model in particular which now seems to be discontinued
I read this as Ass vacuum and was like WTF?!?! and was a tad disappointed/relieved...
carry on
I've been using your standard shop vac for years, but some of those ash vacs do look sweet.....
I use a shop vac with a drywall bag. Works fine for cleaning out the pellet stove.
Let the stove cool for at least 3 hours before vacuuming. Running out of the house with a shop vac on fire is not a fun experience.
You can’t convince me to buy a vacuum just to suck ash. Shop vac is great. Just don’t do it with out a bag.
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Sounds like the voice of experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Chupacabra
Subscribed as I'm also new to pellet stove ownership.
I thought uh-oh, did he spill Donny's ashes?
Do they make them with a tray so you don't have to vacuum them? My Jøtul woodstove has one and is easy to deal with even hot.
edit: how 'bout that Swedish o?
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Originally Posted by Woodsy
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Originally Posted by seano732
I think there’s a market for ass vacs.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoVT Joey
Yep. When you see the hot ash get inhaled into the vac, and then a second later see the smoke coming out of the vac exhaust.... time to run outside, open the vac lid, and pour water in the canister.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Mine has an ash tray but there is still some ash that flies out of the fire pot and won't make it to the tray.Quote:
Originally Posted by ötzi
Assuming everyone is aware of this but I'll mention it anyway, ash vacs are special cuz they can handle hot ash. Most folks who heat their homes exclusively with wood all winter rarely shut the fire off long enough for things to cool down enough not to melt the shop vac. Hence the need for a specialty tool.
The ad for the loveless says warm, not hot? Can't the hose melt or catch fire? And if you did have a vac full of hot ashes you'd want it out of the house on a non-flammable surface I would think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruiser
I heat all winter with a small stove which requires frequent cleaning. I scoop out the ashes and put them in a steel trash can. Between when I wake up and return from work, the stove is out. I rarely vacuum since that little bit of ash remaining isn’t worth removing and it’s a hassle to get the shop vac from the garage. When I do vacuum it out, I use an extra long hose and leave the vacuum outside. That way I don’t clog up filters or expensive vacuum bags. I’m okay with some ash blowing out of the vacuum outdoors
I don’t think you should start a fire in a stove without a little ash in it
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PM RonteleQuote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
You people using a shop vac in the fireplace are nutz.
We had an ash vac once since we have 4 fireplaces. You still get some ash flying around. I don't know anything about access in pellet stoves but I prefer to spray down the ash a bit with water then scoop the mixture out with fireplace tools. Way less dust floating around.
Will you PLEASE tell my wife that. She insists on completely shoveling out the wood stove every time she starts a fire, which is every night at least unless I get to it first. I just start a fire on top of the ashes and embers until the stove gets too full of ashes, then I shovel them into a basket that lets the ash fall through and traps the embers which I use to help start the new fire. You'd think it would spew dust around the living room but it doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by DBdude
I even used water vac, really effective thing but I have only one fireplace and its medium size!Quote:
You people using a shop vac in the fireplace are nutz.
We had an ash vac once since we have 4 fireplaces. You still get some ash flying around. I don't know anything about access in pellet stoves but I prefer to spray down the ash a bit with water then scoop the mixture out with fireplace tools. Way less dust floating around.
Quality first post.
How often do you have to clean those pellet stoves?
I remove ash from our wood stove a handful of times every winter. It doesn't produce all that much ash. Letting it cool down enough to shovel / vacuum out ash isn't a big deal when I only have to do it once a month or so.
The key is the drywall bag, as posted above....That and get good pellets....Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
$10 ash scoop and a $15 small metal garbage can with a lid. I don't have a pellet stove but I burn 5 cords in my wood stove every year and it works fine for me, takes all of 5 minutes. You're burning shit in the stove, not eating out of it...doesn't need to be completely clear.
I got tired of hauling my shop vac out of the garage to my deck, so I got a buckethead. Very happy with that purchase.a