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Ash Vac/Ash Disposal Help!

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  • 22-09-2017 3:19pm
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    neveah123
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone has any tips, recommendations or advice for fire ash disposal? Coal/turf..

    I seen Aldi is selling an ash vac from Sunday, but a lot of mixed reviews about the filter being clogged after one use.

    So far I just dump the ash into a wheelbarrow and then wheel it to the end of the garden when it's full to dump it. But I'm not looking forward to doing that all winter long in the rain etc, but the wheelbarrow is very old, the wheel is broken & it's rusted to bits.

    So I don't know whether to get a new wheelbarrow & eventually ruin the garden draggin it thru during bad weather or get this ash vac from Aldi..

    Any advice?!

    TIA
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    [Deleted User]
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    If it's turf or wood ash then you could always use a small bucket and spread it around the garden by just sprinkling it around in a different area each time. It will improve the soil over time.
    Don't do this if you're burning coal as that is toxic, it's a bad idea to dump coal ash in the garden at all it really should go into your landfill bin.

    As for ash vacs, you still have to dispose of the ash afterwards..


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    Radharc na Sleibhte
    Registered Users Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    Yeah im the same i just throw it in the corner behind a bush, the pile never gets any bigger, even after 10 years.


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    byte
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    The one I bought from Aldi a few years ago was rubbish, with the filters clogging up too quick, allowing the motor on top to then get very hot as air throughput diminished.

    The one I see on Sunday looks different to mine, with castors, so I am not sure how good that one is, or if it's an improvement over the one I have with a blue top.


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