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Your cart is empty.Cleanly remove ashes from your fireplace or stove with the No Mess Ash Box. After scooping the ashes, simply close the hinged lid and carry the ashes to their disposal area without fear of leaving a trail of messy ash behind. Made of steel with Black powder coating and Natural Wood knob and handle. A hanging loop is provided for keeping the ash box handy at the hearth.
Diane
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2025
The leather string handle broke when I tried to hang it. The handle that screws together is not secure, my husband was able to fix it but the quality is poor. The item does work as designed. Scoops well and does not leave an ash plume in the house.
Leslie Tolliver
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
Great product!! No dust when scooping the ashes out!
TLR
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2024
Placed Wider/thicker washer(s) on both inside and outside of handle holes for better stability. The box is a little heavier and wider than I wanted, but it works. No ash dust was my main reason for purchasing this item.
M. Yandrich
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
I have heated my house with a woodstove for more than 20 years, and the worst part for me is cleaning out the ashes. I have always dreaded having to scoop ashes out with a shovel into a pail in front of the stove. It never fails that I will get multiple puffs of ash that result from shoveling hot ashes. Dust covers everything.I just got my ash box today, and immediately attached the handle and put it to use. Three scoops, and the stove is clean. I had to take a short trip outside to dump in my ash can with each scoop, but there was zero dust released into the house. I don't know what took me so long to get one of these. It works great! I pushed the ash to the back of the stove with a shovel, opened the ash box door (and held it open with one hand) and then pushed it toward the back. Definitely wear welding gloves! I am using this with a Hearthstone Mansfield, and there was plenty of clearance to operate the door of the ash box inside the stove.I deduct one star just because the metal used for the thing is so flimsy and cheap. The metal warped a bit from one use with hot coals and ash. And the handle - as others have noted - is ridiculously designed. There's no way to tighten the wooden handle without stripping out the internal wooden handle threads. I plan to put some epoxy glue in the wooden part and then thread it onto the insert. I think that will do the trick. Otherwise, I love this thing already.I didn't buy it as decoration, so the warping of the metal probably won't be a big issue over time. I'm sure it will continue to work as intended for a long time. I would definitely buy this again.
o.m.
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2020
I decided to give this a try and it works great in my stove especially when there are still a few hot coals left because in that case, the chimney is still warm and drawing and dust caused by moving the ashes goes up the chimney rather than into the living room. I've used it twice now and I've not had any discernible dust come into my living area -- it's a 1000x better than what I used to do (slowly, carefully, gently scoop out ashes into a metal pail -- this always released clouds of dust -- my wife would stand over me with a vacuum trying to get at least some, but that never really worked well at all).I read some reviews complaining about the handle -- it's fine if you place the bolt through the back wall so the bolt head is inside, and then using a wrench, tighten the nut on the outside of the back wall down real tight. After that, screw the handle into the bolt tightly (it has a captured nut inside the wood handle). I don't see any reason to complain -- the handle feels totally solid to me.I also read reviews saying it won't work if there is a raised lip at the front of the firebox. This is only true if you feel like you must use the device as a scoop, but there is no reason to think that is the only way to use it. My stove has such a lip and so I open the lid, insert the front half into the stove, tilted upward, and use my fireplace shovel to load it up. I do this inside my still warm stove and any dust created just goes up the flue. When it is full, I close the lid, give it a few moments for dust inside the box to settle, and carry it outside. It works great and I'm extremely happy with this solution.
Sunshine
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016
I have a fireplace insert that I burn for heat all winter long. About once a week I have to empty the built up hot ashes in it and start over. This can create a big mess of ash dust everywhere. I have tried a lot of things to solve this problem including ash cans with lids, a towel over the bucket as I put the ashes in etc. etc. I thought this was a good idea and I looked at this one (about $37 with tax) and the Ash Dragon which is about $80. Both seemed like a lot of money since the metal dust pan I have been using is only about $7 at Smart and Final but I decided to try this one.On the plus side:1. The metal of the ash box itself seems sturdy enough.2. The shape about 3 inches high and 12 inches wide is a good size and shape for most wood stoves, fireplaces ans inserts.3. With the lid open the height is about 6 inches but that is towards the back of the box so that also works and it has a little wood handle for closing the lid when its full. Also good.4. The size minimizes the number of scoops required to clean out all the built up ashes.5. Since it is metal the ashes can be hot when removed and you don't have to wait for them to be completely cold.6. It minimizes ash dust but does not totally eliminate it.On the down side:1. The handle screws into the box metal that is only reinforced with a washer. This does not feel very sturdy to me.2. Where a dustpan is balanced when full by placing the handle at the top and tapering to the sides of the pan to reinforce the pan, this ash box has the handle in the back center of the weight with nothing to balance it and hold the weight except the handle and metal washer. This makes it very awkward to use.3. The bolts can become loose with use and must must be re-secured tightly to insure the box does not tip over when full spilling hot ashes everywhere. You might be able to solve this problem with a locking washer.4.The design makes it very front/side to side heavy when full. I feel like I need to hold handle and the front (can't it's full of hot ashes) or hold it with two hands to balance it. I can hold and balance a similar load in my metal dustpan with one hand no problem.What I need is something more like a metal dustpan with a lid. This is my take after using it a couple months.
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