stihly dan
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These little arguments make me like my furnace more and more. What may not seem like a big deal at the time, can look like one when you get an appliance that works so much better. My previous epa stove had an ash drawer and a small trap door. As people have mentioned after the 1st use I went to the shovel method, much easier and faster. This did not seem like a big deal. Then I got my furnace, brick floor with a 6X6 ash grate flush with the floor in the front. Intake air not coming from below but at floor level. Now upon reload, I take the coal scraper that comes with the furnace sweep it sideways 3 times, rake the coals forward, slide out the pan and dump it in a bucket outside. While dumping the ashes air is now coming from below the coals and in the 10 seconds it took me to dump the ashes the coals are now a blaze. Replace the ash drawer, load in wood and close the door, done. The whole process of cleaning the ashes and loading the unit takes about 30 seconds with zero mess. After using this unit, makes using the other stove a pain in the ass, even tho I did not realize it at the time.