Stuart Altmann on mon 27 may 96
T! Su! Hintz:
Just got around to reading Clayart for 14 May. Don't know what other
responses you got to your question about exhaust fans, but mine is this. An
exhaust fan designed for use with a household oven is totally inadequate for
a kiln. My kiln is in the basement, and I have a wall-mounted restaurant
kitchen exhaust fan near it, and that too is inadequate. I barely make do
(and my wife leaves the house) when I supplement the wall fan with a large
window fan aimed out the open door of the studio. For an electric kiln,
look into systems, such as Orton's, that exhaust air directly from the kiln.
Stuart Altmann
John Olson on fri 12 may 06
I need to vent my basement studio. Am looking for any advice on wall or
ceiling exhaust fans.
Kathi LeSueur on fri 12 may 06
John Olson wrote:
>I need to vent my basement studio. Am looking for any advice on wall or
>ceiling exhaust fans.
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Go to W.W. Grainger. Tell them what you need to do and they can advise
you. If there isn't a Grainger in your area you can find them on the net
and then call.
Kathi
Jennifer Boyer on tue 16 may 06
msc direct has a great web site. You can click at the bottom of their
pages to see the actual page of the print catalogue without
downloading a pdf.
Here is the kind of fan I got for my studio which is about 1000 sq ft:
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=4622714&PMT4NO=7653060
If you click on the catalogue page link you will see some other
options for size. It is a light duty 12 inch exhaust fan with
enclosed motor. I think the catalogue headings are a misprint, and
the first section is really LIGHT DUTY, which is what you want unless
your studio is huge. My fan was going to double as an exhaust for a
spray booth and at the time it was suggested on Clayart that I try
for 800 cfm or larger. My fan has 3 speeds and the highest is 2000
cfm. The link shows the closest I found to that at msc. The 2 smaller
ones in on the page link may do the trick.
Most fans can be bought with a metal shutter. I have one on one fan
in my kiln shed and it opens when the fan is on. But on the fan
openings in the studio I had the builders make insulated flap type
doors that I manually open when I want to use the fan.
I have some pix on this page:
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/fans.html
Take Care
Jennifer, who once made this opening/closing rope system for the door
of my bed room at 12 years old. I think it involved holes through 200
year old plaster walls....yikes!!
On May 12, 2006, at 10:25 AM, John Olson wrote:
> I need to vent my basement studio. Am looking for any advice on
> wall or
> ceiling exhaust fans.
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Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, VT
http://thistlehillpottery.com
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Deborah Woods on sat 20 may 06
I am responding to a question about exhaust fans. My solution is two-fold.
I agree with one responder, vent your kiln directly with an Olsen vent,
Envirovent or Baileys, there are several. For exhausting dust during glaze
making, when sweeping or whenever, I put a whole-house ceiling fan into my
wall. They come in different cfms. You want to estimate the cubic feet
(not the square feeet) of air space in your studio. Get one close to that.
I got a 1650 cfm for a 2000 cubic foot space and it rocks. I turn that
thing on and dust doesn't have a chance. I had to cage mine in with some
wire screen for safety and put shutters outside. I will build an insulated
panel by winter to keep the cold out when not in use. But this is one
solution. Go on-line and type in exhaust fans and there are many options.
I got mine at Lowes for about 90.00. Good Luck.
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