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[ohellwifer]

new guy here been creppin for awhile, just found new way to prevent ash door from drippig condensation , i stood a fire brick on edgein front of ash pan , no more dripping , great site , thanks

[Crow]

Welcome to the forum ohellwifer. Neat idea there, may have to try that with one of the older bricks that has almost cracked through.

[Uponthehill]

Great idea ohellwifer. Mine dripped early on last year. I took 1" cellotex and insulated mine. Sealed it all with chrome HVAC tape. Looks like mine is chrome accessorized !   I will do the firebrick this fall...

[Singlemalt]

These units are expensive and suppose to be well insulated.

Why would the ash door be dripping?

[Crow]

These units are expensive and suppose to be well insulated.

Why would the ash door be dripping?

My thoughts on this is that because the ash door is exposed to the elements and it protrudes a little from the front of the stove it forms some condensation and drips. I know some have wrapped some insulation around the exposed part, I built a box, insulated that and slid it over the ash door.

[Singlemalt]

Thanks for the help Crow.

Seems like a logical explanation but I don't think that it should be happening.
Why wouldn't P & M insulate the ash pan door? .......or maybe they do, just not well enough.

Not using mine yet.
Do they all drip or just some of them?

[Crow]

 Not sure if they all drip. I think there is some insulation within the door (not positive though ) but the 2 inch extension from the front of the stove to the ash door is not insulated and is where the moisture seems to be when I clean mine out.
  I think extending the outer door of the stove to cover the entire front or a separate one for the ash door would work.  I would have to think P&M would know if this is the case and if it is even a problem.
 

[userdk]

Not sure if I get it. Could you post a pic?