Hmmm
If you get it running properly you shouldn't have too much ash left.
It also it helps to keep a bed of it for the logs to sit on.

It shouldn't go out if you put a couple logs on and get the vents right before you go to bed. It should just tick over.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 13:43, 1 reply)

We used to use damp peat for that
You'd keep some of the peats from the outside of the stack handy, and they would just burn very slowly all night.

Cutting peat is even harder work than cutting wood, but it is still immensely satisfying.
(gordonjcp, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 14:47, closed)

Mmmmm
Stacking drying peats when the midges are out doesn't come near my 'satisfying' list :)
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 10 Nov 2010, 15:14, closed)

There isn't that much ash
I had to put somthing in the negative column

As for the fire going out. I can stack it up and shut down all the vents and there will only be embers in the morning. I just bung some kindling on and some smaller logs open it up and it's soon going
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 17:04, closed)

thanks
I'm scratching imaginary midgies now. I may live half a world away now, but the memory of miserable times at the mercy of those little buggers is still strong.
( SteamedCleaner, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 23:09, closed)