rell wall on wed 9 feb 11
Dear clayarters,
I came home the other day to find that a worker installing ceramic
tile in a bathroom grinding said tiles in my new studio. He was not
wearing a respirator. There was a substantial cloud in the air and I
have no idea how long this was going on. I immediately had him stop
and seal the door to the rest of the house with plastic. I told them
that they will be responsible for cleanup after waiting a week for the
dust to settle. However, I'm not sure how best to proceed at this
point. Obviously, everything in the studio needs to be cleaned or I
will be subjecting myself to the silica dust every time I work in
there. I've been careful to use good cleaning practices over the
years. There is so much dust now. One pass of wet wiping won't be
enough. Any suggestions? I've looked on the web for clean up
companies, but this situation doesn't seem to fit the company
descriptions.
Thanks in advance,
Ruth Ballou
Nancy Spinella on thu 10 feb 11
I don't have specific experience with this, but would a HEPA air filter hel=
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at all?
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:49 PM, rell wall wrote:
> Dear clayarters,
>
> I came home the other day to find that a worker installing ceramic
> tile in a bathroom grinding said tiles in my new studio. He was not
> wearing a respirator. There was a substantial cloud in the air and I
> have no idea how long this was going on. I immediately had him stop
> and seal the door to the rest of the house with plastic. I told them
> that they will be responsible for cleanup after waiting a week for the
> dust to settle. However, I'm not sure how best to proceed at this
> point. Obviously, everything in the studio needs to be cleaned or I
> will be subjecting myself to the silica dust every time I work in
> there. I've been careful to use good cleaning practices over the
> years. There is so much dust now. One pass of wet wiping won't be
> enough. Any suggestions? I've looked on the web for clean up
> companies, but this situation doesn't seem to fit the company
> descriptions.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ruth Ballou
>
Michael Wendt on thu 10 feb 11
Ruth,
Get 2 or 3 20" box fans and ventilate the area
by placing them in windows on one side of the
house while opening doors or windows on the other side.
Check wind direction as this can assist as well.
I sometimes need to sweep the studio floor before
wet vacuuming so we open the windows in the retail
store portion and turn on 1500 cubic foot per minute
tubeaxial fans on the opposite side of the studio.
Careful dry brooming (slow continuous pushing with no
lift until I reach the fan) removes the material a wet
vacuum
can't pick up (stryo peanuts, hair, paper etc.)
without stirring up a huge cloud of dust the way regular
sweeping does and any dust raised is carried out at once.
The fresh air is nice too even on a cold day (I turn the
furnace off
to avoid getting too much dust in the filters or the heat
exchanger).
In your case, a conventional vacuum with a brush attachment
would remove dust very well and than fast moving air stream
would carry the super fines that pass even a vacuum
cleaner's
filter.
Good Luck,
Michael Wendt
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 7:49 PM, rell wall
wrote:
> Dear clayarters,
>
> I came home the other day to find that a worker installing
> ceramic
> tile in a bathroom grinding said tiles in my new studio.
> He was not
> wearing a respirator. There was a substantial cloud in the
> air and I
> have no idea how long this was going on. I immediately had
> him stop
> and seal the door to the rest of the house with plastic. I
> told them
> that they will be responsible for cleanup after waiting a
> week for the
> dust to settle. However, I'm not sure how best to proceed
> at this
> point. Obviously, everything in the studio needs to be
> cleaned or I
> will be subjecting myself to the silica dust every time I
> work in
> there. I've been careful to use good cleaning practices
> over the
> years. There is so much dust now. One pass of wet wiping
> won't be
> enough. Any suggestions? I've looked on the web for clean
> up
> companies, but this situation doesn't seem to fit the
> company
> descriptions.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ruth Ballo
John Britt on thu 10 feb 11
I really don' think it is that big of a deal.=3D20
You just wet clean the surfaces. I don't know what other procedure you co=
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do? And if it is a clay studio you will shortly have clay /silica dust ev=
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weather you can see it or not.
I really would not make this man the focus of your fear /outrage. I am su=
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this is standard practice on a constructions site. In fact, I know it is.=
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Sorry,
John Britt=3D20
www.johnbrittpottery.com
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