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10-26-2020, 03:13 PM #1
Ash Vacuum
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
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10-26-2020, 03:20 PM #2
I read this as Ass vacuum and was like WTF?!?! and was a tad disappointed/relieved...
carry on
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10-26-2020, 03:33 PM #3
I've been using your standard shop vac for years, but some of those ash vacs do look sweet.....
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10-26-2020, 03:37 PM #4
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10-26-2020, 03:46 PM #5
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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10-26-2020, 04:26 PM #6man of ice
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10-26-2020, 04:26 PM #7
Subscribed as I'm also new to pellet stove ownership.
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10-26-2020, 05:11 PM #8
I thought uh-oh, did he spill Donny's ashes?
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10-26-2020, 05:14 PM #9man of ice
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Do they make them with a tray so you don't have to vacuum them? My Jřtul woodstove has one and is easy to deal with even hot.
edit: how 'bout that Swedish o?
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10-26-2020, 05:19 PM #10
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10-26-2020, 06:57 PM #11
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10-26-2020, 07:04 PM #12
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10-26-2020, 07:32 PM #13
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.
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10-26-2020, 09:02 PM #14
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10-26-2020, 09:24 PM #15Registered User
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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
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10-26-2020, 10:49 PM #16
I don’t think you should start a fire in a stove without a little ash in it
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10-26-2020, 11:31 PM #17
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10-27-2020, 07:33 AM #18
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."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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10-27-2020, 09:40 AM #19
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.
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10-27-2020, 03:06 PM #20Minion
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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.Last edited by sarahk99; 11-08-2020 at 02:58 PM.
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10-27-2020, 03:59 PM #21man of ice
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Quality first post.
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10-27-2020, 04:11 PM #22
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.
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10-27-2020, 04:43 PM #23What we have here is an intelligence failure. You may be familiar with staring directly at that when shaving. .
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10-27-2020, 06:56 PM #24
$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.
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10-27-2020, 07:23 PM #25
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
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