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Which shop vac is best to clean the ashes out of my fireplace?
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:06 pm
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Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:24 pm to Louie11
Shovel and bucket man. Will save you time and money if you are talking bulk removal. If only residual dust then sure a shop vac. That ash will plug up your filter fast.
This post was edited on 3/7/21 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:44 pm to CheEngineer
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Shovel and bucket man.
Agree with this... the vacuum only after most of it is gone.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 8:58 pm to Louie11
Shopvac will make an ash cloud in your living room. Then your wife will bring this crap up every time you want to start a home project. Then she will use it as an excuse to buy new furniture and rug. Ask me how i know
This post was edited on 3/7/21 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:24 pm to DevilDogTiger
Shopvac’ed 1/2 a season of ashes out of my first homes fireplace, turned around when finished and it looked like Vesuvious had erupted in my living room. Who knew ash was finer than the vac’s filter. Never again; use a shovel and bucket.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 9:30 pm to Louie11
There is a special Shop Vac for ash removal. Get one or don't do this.
Posted on 3/7/21 at 10:10 pm to Louie11
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Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:02 am to lsutiger2010
Shop vac is fine, but buy the filter bags and you shouldn’t have to worry about blanketing your house with ash. I use my shoo vac with the filter bag for cleaning out my kamado joe and when sanding spackling and I’ve never had a dust cloud.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 8:47 am to Louie11
I just put my shop vac outside at the ash dump cleanout & ran the hose up through it and then took my broom and pushed the ash into the dump.
Posted on 3/8/21 at 11:18 am to Louie11
The only way you are going to use a shopvac for ash removal (applies to drywall dust too) is to set it up with a good filter bag, a HEPA cartridge filter, and a cyclonic dust separator. I have a dedicated harbor freight shopvac setup like this for my shop with an extra long 2" hose. I did similar with a small Rigid shopvac for my fiancee's home dental lab. I have an Oneida dust cyclone in my setup and a Home Depot version on the other and both work very well at trapping fine dust.
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