"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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You should not have that much ash, a wood burner needs to burn on a bed
of
ash - I only empty a bit of mine out once a week.


I never burn on a bed of ash and I have a multi fuel Hunter stove. It
wouldn't get enough draught beneath the wood to burn properly. Only needs
a bed of ash for coal. I burn all the time and would always riddle the ash
away before reloading in the morning .

I beg to differ. The air inlets in the doors of my woodburner are high
enough to let me burn wood on a bed of ash for probably a fortnight without
having having to remove the ash.
I do not have to riddle the ash if I do not use coal (mine is a multi too)
but I tried coal in it and wouldn't bother with it again. It takes ages to
heat up and I had to riddle the ashes ;-)
The ash I get from my wood is almost like talcum powder, requires no
riddling and does well on the compost heap.

Tina