[Ed_]

I hadn't thought of putting the flip door in. We've got one in our fireplace, but ironically, we don't use that ash drop. If I can get one appropriately sized, I can probably make it sit flush to the landing brick. I'll check it out--thanks for the idea, dmun.

We were considering the shelf/hook idea for the ash bucket and will probably do something like that. Wood storage is an issue, of course. I think we're going to do a "full arch" foundation wall (i.e. open in the back too) so we'll have extra space.

At some point we need to come up with another solution to the wood storage problem anyway, as we'd like to maintain a decent supply for the indoor fireplace.

Thanks for the ideas!

Ed