Kathryn Whipple on tue 22 jul 97
Hi all,
My much delayed studio is nearly finished, and the time approaches to build
a kiln shed. I have a rude idea of the design, but my partner and builder
would like to hear some input from more experienced folks.
We are in central florida, where the main weather concerns are heat and
damp. My idea is a concrete block floor, sightly raised, and as level as
humanly possible. I should say, i have two kilns, a gas and and electric,
both about 29 inches diameter inside. I am figuring them each at about 36"
diameter. the building itself will probably be a sort of pole barn
adaptation, with enough overhang on the roof to prevent rain from blowing
in. i hope to have a little extra room for shelving, and a trustworthy dry
place for storing the bricks and shelves.
Yep i know that's pretty vague. Most likely that's why Terry the Constructor
wants some help. Anyone have any suggestions?
The studio itself, which lots of you advised me on a couple of summers ago,
has turned out magnificently. It's 20X22 feet, a cracker style woodframe
building with a high tin roof. Cross ventilation on all four sides.
The floor is 3/4 inch B/C ply wood, with 4 coats of Varathane. Most of the
construction was done with salvaged heart pine timbers out of 20's era
houses, though we bought some new treated boards for floor joists and some
siding. There is a 7x11 foot loft over the materials storage area, with a
huge window overlooking the pasture behind my woods. I havee already been
doing some drawing up there.
The neighbors all think we should move into it, considering what the
trailer we live in looks like. But i warned everyone the studio was the
first
priority.
There are four areas to the building, a small display area up front, the
materials sotorage, a large throwing/ forming space, and a sink and
counters
for glazing. For now i will do glaze mixing outside; later we'l make a porch
or patio for it. It's the first building my love ever built,a nd he has
donee a very sokid job.
Now for the kiln shed....
kathryn Whipple
Brooker, Fl
Richard Gralnik on wed 23 jul 97
Kathryn,
The shed I'm building is based on some very good advice from John
Baymore. It's a low budget job, but I think it will work, and it
might do for you too.
First off, the walls and roof of the shed are metal. I used galvanized
fence posts for wall supports, cross-braced by more galvanized
fence posts cut to lengths and held between the uprights by standard
2-piece formed components that are bolted around the posts and have sleeves
to hold the cross-pieces. The roof is held up by more galvanized
fence posts that fit through "eye-tops" that sit on top of the wall
support posts. The door is a pair of galvanized fence post rectangles
that were made to fit the size of the shed.
The walls and roof themselves are sheet metal from an "Arrow" garden
shed because I got more than enough for $40 but you could get corrugated
galvanized sheet metal. I'll use self-tapping screws to attach the sheet
metal to the frame.
I coated the base of each wall support with Henry's roof tar emulsion,
then sank them in 18" deep, 10" diameter holes. Put some gravel in
the bottom of each hole before putting in the post and filling with
concrete.
I'm cutting some soffet vent type holes in the lower parts of the wall
sheet metal for replacement air. The holes will have 1/4" galvanized
wire mesh covering them to keep cats out :)
That's a rough summary, but hopefully enough to go on. You still need
to vent the kilns out of the shed, but that's a separate discussion.
I build a venting hood and planned the roof support spacing to leave
room for the vent to pass through.
I hope this helps.
Richard
Jim Duffy on wed 23 jul 97
The first thing I thought of when I saw your message was aluminum studs
instead of wood. Build with as many non-flamable materials as possible
and fire them HOT!
Kathryn Whipple wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> Hi all,
> My much delayed studio is nearly finished, and the time approaches to
> build
> a kiln shed. I have a rude idea of the design, but my partner and
> builder
> would like to hear some input from more experienced folks.
> We are in central florida, where the main weather concerns are heat
> and
> damp. My idea is a concrete block floor, sightly raised, and as level
> as
> humanly possible. I should say, i have two kilns, a gas and and
> electric,
> both about 29 inches diameter inside. I am figuring them each at
> about 36"
> diameter. the building itself will probably be a sort of pole barn
> adaptation, with enough overhang on the roof to prevent rain from
> blowing
> in. i hope to have a little extra room for shelving, and a trustworthy
> dry
> place for storing the bricks and shelves.
> Yep i know that's pretty vague. Most likely that's why Terry the
> Constructor
> wants some help. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> The studio itself, which lots of you advised me on a couple of summers
> ago,
> has turned out magnificently. It's 20X22 feet, a cracker style
> woodframe
> building with a high tin roof. Cross ventilation on all four sides.
> The floor is 3/4 inch B/C ply wood, with 4 coats of Varathane. Most of
> the
> construction was done with salvaged heart pine timbers out of 20's era
>
> houses, though we bought some new treated boards for floor joists and
> some
> siding. There is a 7x11 foot loft over the materials storage area,
> with a
> huge window overlooking the pasture behind my woods. I havee already
> been
> doing some drawing up there.
> The neighbors all think we should move into it, considering what the
> trailer we live in looks like. But i warned everyone the studio was
> the
> first
> priority.
> There are four areas to the building, a small display area up front,
> the
> materials sotorage, a large throwing/ forming space, and a sink and
> counters
> for glazing. For now i will do glaze mixing outside; later we'l make a
> porch
> or patio for it. It's the first building my love ever built,a nd he
> has
> donee a very sokid job.
> Now for the kiln shed....
> kathryn Whipple
> Brooker, Fl
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