By: TimV On: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:05 pm All of my ash and dust problems are self made.(Only me to blame ) I am always in a hurry when I dump the ash pan and I keep saying I am going to cut a hole just a tad larger than my ash pan in the cover of an ash can but I never do.But coal is the best thing I ever heated this old house with and even my wife never wants to burn wood or oil again if we can hel