Fireplace Ash Dump Cleaning

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Fireplace ash dump cleaning.

Get it as soon as wed sep 9. The forever cap cc459adc 4 x 9 inch fireplace ash dump cover. Use a vacuum to clean up the remaining ashes in the firebox and on the hearth. Free shipping by amazon.

Ashes accumulate behind an ash dump door from grate at the back of a fireplace. An ash dump door is an access at the bottom of a chimney for removing ashes that were created while burning and soot removed when sweeping down the inside of the chimney. Personally i like to open the damper all of the way and then slowly shovel the fireplace ash. When burning the ashes are pushed to the grate at the back of the fireplace and fall down to the access.

If your fireplace has an ash dump push the ashes through the metal plate in the floor of the firebox. Us stove company u s stove cod8 8 chimney clean out door 8 4 6 out of 5 stars 170. These can be about 12 x12 x12. Ash dump doors are constructed of 16 gauge powder coated steel or 304 stainless steel.

They fit the standard 4 x 8 ash dump opening in the floor of the firebox. Because of the wide 1 flange the maximum ash dump they will cover is 6 x 10. This shoveling of the ash into a small trap door did not get rid of the ash but rather to the holding area of the ash dump. The way ash was moved from the fireplace to the ash dump was done slowly with a small shovel and fireplace broom by the homeowner.

You ll want to wait at least 72 hours after your last fire before attempting any cleanup. Fire after fire year after year ash would go into the ash dump. Another consideration is an ash box.