How Do You All Keep the Dust Down?
Hi All,
I am having a problem with both the coal dust and the dust from the ash bin. How do you keep the dust down? We are empting our ash bind about twice per day (not full but empting) ad the black dust from the coal bin in the basement is getting everywhere.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Joe
I am having a problem with both the coal dust and the dust from the ash bin. How do you keep the dust down? We are empting our ash bind about twice per day (not full but empting) ad the black dust from the coal bin in the basement is getting everywhere.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Joe
I keep my coal damp. It does not take much water to keep the dust down. Also I don't load my bucket with a shovel but with a grain scoop instead. That way I can place the coal into the bucket instead of dumping it in. The more you disturb the coal the more chance for dust.
Where are you emptying your ash pan? Not in the house I hope!
You can also dampen the ashes or make a lid to put on the ash pan before removing it from the stove.
Where are you emptying your ash pan? Not in the house I hope!
You can also dampen the ashes or make a lid to put on the ash pan before removing it from the stove.
I thought of wetting down the coal as well...I guess that is what I will have to do. Whats teh best way to keep it damp? I was thinking of getting a large spray bottle (the kind usually used for spraying trees) would that work? My coal bin has a chute that the coal pours out from.
We are empting it in the house...The stove is in the basement and we are empting it into a very small garbage can with a lid. When that is full we are carring it out side and dumping it in a pile in the back yard.
Will the rain eventually wash that away?
Thanks
Joe
We are empting it in the house...The stove is in the basement and we are empting it into a very small garbage can with a lid. When that is full we are carring it out side and dumping it in a pile in the back yard.
Will the rain eventually wash that away?
Thanks
Joe
Last edited by JKinPA on Tue. Dec. 02, 2008 9:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I wet my coal with a garden pump sprayer before loading it into a 5 gal. bucket. I load it the same as Gambler but I was to cheap to buy a grain scoop and just cut the top of a bleach bottle open . ...Don't laugh it works great
Dave
Dave
Holy crap! no wonder you have dust issues. Put the can outside!JKinPA wrote:We are empting it in the house...The stove is in the basement and we are empting it into a very small garbage can with a lid.
I have a 22 gal. metal garbage can (actually 3 of them) outside and I take my ash bin out to the can and stand upwind and dump.
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We are empting it in the house...The stove is in the basement and we are empting it into a very small garbage can with a lid. When that is full we are carring it out side and dumping it in a pile in the back yard.
Joe
Yea, like the others said never ever fool with the ashes inside. Don't poke, examine, stir, sift, or disturb in any way. Just take the ash bucket and carry it outside and dump it downwind. It will turn into a pile of sand that is great for traction on the icy sidewalks and driveway.
I put a "Y" on the spicot for the washing machine and ran a short length of garden hose to the bin with a spray nozzle. Just open the door to the bin, give it a quick spray and fill my buckets. Basement is unfinished so the hose across the floor is no issue to me. I carefully carry my ashpan outside and dump ash into one of two 55 gal. plastic drums. When they get about 3/4 full I load them onto my truck and take them to our campsite and use it to fill in the ruts in the dirt road.
Jeff
Jeff
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My outside coal pile although tarped,is plenty wet,shovel it into 28 lb. cat litter buckets,put the lid on and stack them in the heater room,ashpan gets dumped outside into 5 gal buckets which my neighbor who shares the driveway has offered to haul away(farmer)and does,I think he's concerned the ash and rain might make acid and effect the paint jobs from his son's body shop,recently built in the field behind my house.All things must pass,36 years of solitude was quite nice. RichB
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My coal is oiled from the dealer, very little dust. Take your ashes outside and dump, the ash fines do get everywhere if disturbed in the house. I have bumped my ash bin when taking outside and you can see the cloud of dust starts floating everywhere.
used motor oil dumped on the five-gallon pails full of coal, they then sit until the next morning when I dump them in the hopper, by that time the coal has been completely coated due to the "creeping" action of the oil; no dust whatsoever..
dangerous?? not if you're using heavier oils like the used motor oil that i'm using and not in an auger type underfeed stoker. it may not work out as well in other types, but it might. I dump roughly 1/2 cup per five gallon pail.