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Fireplace ash pit door.
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This helps to prevent hazardous accumulation of flammable byproducts.
This compartment usually a cavity surrounded by cinder blocks or concrete is reached through a small metal access door mounted flush in the fireplace floor or wall.
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Chimney cleanliness chimney cleanout openings.
It should be about 1 2 larger than the inserted flange portion of the new or replacement cast iron or steel chimney cleanout door frame the hinged frame that carries the actual cleanout door.
How to install a chimney cleanout door or ash cleanout door in a masonry chimney 1.
The ash dump is the space directly below the ash dump door and is where the ash falls anytime the ash dump door is opened.
Footing the horizontal surface under the ash pit is the footing.
If the cleanout door doesn t shut tightly.
Prepare the opening in the chimney base.
Ash pit underneath the ash dump is the ash pit which is the place where dumped ash collects.
We offer a selection of ash dump doors and related fireplace accessories to replace your worn out or missing ash dump door.
These are often found on the floor of the fireplace.
Stainless steel ash dump door model fadc49 28 46 28 46.
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These can be about 12 x12 x12.
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Thanks for the reply and of course i omitted a critical piece.
This part of the fireplace is often located in the basement.
Open the door and sweep ashes into the holding pit until they can later be removed.
These doors are accessed in the wall of the chimney in the basement about 5 inches off the basement floor.
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Another consideration is an ash box.
Check the ash dump opening the fireplace hearth floor for proper operation and for any exposed wood left from construction and check for a fireplace ash dump pit cleanout door below again for proper construction and for condition of the door itself.
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An ash pit is a compartment at the base of the fireplace that holds fireplace ashes.
The ash pit is accessible only through the cleanout door in the basement and a trap door located in the rear center of the fire pit which has an opening of only about 3 5 x 7.
The ash pit should be emptied frequently.
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Some ash pits tunnel ash to the basement and is a real mess to deal with.
The ashpit doors are in the basement pit of the chimney not the fireplace itself.
