For those who have a wood burner in the front room, Best accessory?

[CalG]

For me it's the Bosch 18V Vacuum!. Hands down!

Sure, I use the shovel and the poker, but cleaning up after using those is a must.

Someday, I may change my mind and say "A handy fire extinguisher", but so far ,,,no! ;-)

 

[Locoweed]

I have a home made scraper to get the ashes to the dump hole in the floor of my wood stove. The little broom & dustpan came from the local thrift store and are great for cleaning up around the stove. Sweep it up & throw it in the stove.

 

[ericm979]

Leather welding gloves. Second is a small plastic brush and dust pan combo.

 

[bmaverick]

Cut not only your heating bills, but ALSO save on burning way less, this is the answer,

 

[CalG]

Leather welding gloves. Second is a small plastic brush and dust pan combo.

Ahh.. Gloves! Yes. Couldn't be without.

The wife and I have "His&Hers" next to the wood box. ;-)

 

[CalG]

Cut not only your heating bills, but ALSO save on burning way less, this is the answer,

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Do the math on that one. Convection moves 10X, maybe 100X times more air than a fan.

BTDT not for me. But I do run the ceiling fan nearly constantly. We have cathedral ceilings and an open floor plan.

 

[ruffdog]

I made different types and lengths of pokers and ash movers but mostly use just the one. I made a ash mover to scrape the ashes down the chute and use that quite a bit. Years back I bought a log grabber tool from Menards and I use that all the time moving logs where it is HOT. Most times I don't need the gloves because of that tool. Well worth the money.

Pleasant Hearth Products® 40" Log Grabber

 

[MossRoad]

I took a metal ash scoop and drilled a bunch of holes in it to make a sifter. About once a week, I scoop everything to the left side, sift out the coals and charcoal from the ash, toss them to the right side, then shovel the ash down the chute to the bin below the stove.

Then I move the charcoal and coals back to the middle, stack new wood in the stove, open the dampers and wait a few minutes.... POOF! Fire starts right back up.

Worst winter we had, the stove ran non-stop from Oct 1 through April 1 and we only used 4 matches! That was only when we'd leave town for several days.

 

[MossRoad]

I took a metal ash scoop and drilled a bunch of holes in it to make a sifter. About once a week, I scoop everything to the left side, sift out the coals and charcoal from the ash, toss them to the right side, then shovel the ash down the chute to the bin below the stove.

Then I move the charcoal and coals back to the middle, stack new wood in the stove, open the dampers and wait a few minutes.... POOF! Fire starts right back up.

Worst winter we had, the stove ran non-stop from Oct 1 through April 1 and we only used 4 matches! That was only when we'd leave town for several days.

Last year we only burned about a week.

 

[CalG]

I took a metal ash scoop and drilled a bunch of holes in it to make a sifter. About once a week, I scoop everything to the left side, sift out the coals and charcoal from the ash, toss them to the right side, then shovel the ash down the chute to the bin below the stove.

Then I move the charcoal and coals back to the middle, stack new wood in the stove, open the dampers and wait a few minutes.... POOF! Fire starts right back up.

Worst winter we had, the stove ran non-stop from Oct 1 through April 1 and we only used 4 matches! That was only when we'd leave town for several days.

I have a sifter also.

It's not my favorite tool though.
Ashes go out more often than once a week. Always a thankless job, head in the fire pit, so to speak.