Does your wood stove create household dust? how much?

[dennish]

My stove is EPA certified, but I don't know the brand. I got it at Ace. Anyway, it seems to create excessive dust( need to dust twice as much as summer). I burn mostly fir. I use ceiling fans to move the air/heat. Does your stove make dust? How much?

 

[buildmyown]

Well not really sure if its the stove itself making the dust but more the air movement from the stove. Even if you dont have a blower your still moving air by way of convection. Plus not filtering the air in anyway doesnt help. To answer your question is I do have more dust in the house when im burning.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

dust from where I drop ash when I'm cleaning it.
dust from where I drop wood next to it.
dust from where I bang wood going into it.
dust from where I carry wood across the front room.

and yeah, I sweep it up (and around), and the convection and blower spread it around etc, so yeah, there's "more" dust in the house, but does the wood stove "cause" it?

 

[mga]

tons of it.

price you pay for wood burning

 

[XTROOPER]

Dust

I agree with the previous poster, odles of it, all over, can't keep up with it, but the price of heat is right, so we'll put up with it!
XTROOPER:msp_rolleyes:

 

[EzTrbo]

Get the same thing, one thing i do when i remove my ashes is to hold the shop vac just a bit above the bucket. Any dust that comes up with the dumping of the ashes is just sucked up. Yes I do make sure its cool in the shop vac before leaving it alone. But that just combats the dust a bit, but its plenty messy. I work full time in a rock quarry so dust is a daily thing i bring home. Just have to deal with it.

Trbo

 

[Ductape]

Well.... I used to have loads of dust (ash) everywhere. When we switched to a newer stove with a removable ash pan, my dust problem went waaaaay down. Do get lots of bark crud, etc. on my hearth pad..... so I vacuum it a couple times a day sometimes. Price ya pay.

 

[blackdogon57]

Well.... I used to have loads of dust (ash) everywhere. When we switched to a newer stove with a removable ash pan, my dust problem went waaaaay down. Do get lots of bark crud, etc. on my hearth pad..... so I vacuum it a couple times a day sometimes. Price ya pay.

Same here - dust not an issue with ash drawer underneath.

 

[joshua mason]

I have 3 dogs, 2 kids and a wood stove. that combination makes for alot of dust. You can dust everything and within a few hours the stands in the front room will have a film on them. drives the wife nuts, (not a far drive though).

 

[Chris-PA]

Of course. I keep a metal dustpan and a brush by each stove, but some ash dust is unavoidable. We try to be as neat as possible and clean it as we can, but it goes with the territory.

 

[dingeryote]

Yes, and tons of it.

The dust in here easily tripples once we start burning.

A good air filter helps immensely. Look for one with a permanent filter and put it in the room with the stove.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[Soby1]

Lots of dust ,bark , but it beats those ugly wheel tracks the LP truck leaves in my driveway.

 

[Ductape]

Lots of dust ,bark , but it beats those ugly wheel tracks the LP truck leaves in my driveway.

Or across the lawn ! Where do they find their drivers, anyway??? And don't even get me started on the UPS drivers ! :msp_ohmy:

 

[sunfish]

We live on a dusty planet...

 

[Soby1]

Or across the lawn ! Where do they find their drivers, anyway??? And don't even get me started on the UPS drivers ! :msp_ohmy:

I agree, but a normal winter would yield 2' of snow plus drifting. NOT THAT I'M COMPAINING. That keeps them on the gravel for the most part.

 

[branchbuzzer]

I was going to reply, but my computer failed from excess dust and heat build-up.

 

[genesis5521]

I get dust when I'm emptying the ashes. But it's OK. I'm a bachelor. It gives my home "character".

Don <><

 

[Golden Arrow II]

Or across the lawn ! Where do they find their drivers, anyway??? And don't even get me started on the UPS drivers ! :msp_ohmy:

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that has the problem of keeping the gas trucks out of my lawn. Last time the gas man came he decided to leave 2 ruts from the duals 9 inches deep by 15 feet long in my side yard.:mad2::mad2: Lazy fkr. No probs with UPS or fedx yet, they back in from the road.

 

[xtm]

Lots of stove ash/dust tends to irritate my sinus and Mrs. xtm, so I'm slow and careful when I shovel out the stove to keep it manageable. Also, when I'm shoveling cold stove ash, I usually set up the shop-vac hose near the opening while I'm shoveling - to deal with the escaping dust.

 

[fubar2]

Dunno, I can't see nothing for all this dust.