MarjB on sat 24 jan 04
I watched a program yesterday on hgtv Canadian verison so it might not =
have been available in USA.
The program segment dealt with the problems that are occuring in newer =
homes that are more air tight and even older less tight homes. People =
are installing larger kitchen hood vents to deal with cooking smells =
etc. The problem that is occuring is that extra venting can interfere =
with the exhausting of gases from furnaces/hotwater tanks. It did not =
take much increase in venting to reverse the flow of the gases and allow =
those exhaust gases to build up in home basement. Potentially very =
dangerous/life threating.
Venting a basement/inside kiln is a necessity but also consider bringing =
in fresh air so that if your kiln is in the area of gas hot water =
heater/ furnace, the kiln vent is not possibly reversing the air flow =
enough to interfere with furnace exhaust. I checked the website and I =
think the following is the correct link=20
http://www.joneakes.com/ca/hs/cgi-bin/getdetailscahs.cgi?id=3D1922
If this does not work - google to Jon Eakes and search for article in =
his database concerning improper venting etc.
Worth reading even if your kiln is not in the basement. MarjB
William Sheppard on sun 25 jan 04
Venting is a critical problem in a home. Last year we had our gas
water heater replaced (22 years old) by a company that sells gas water
heaters. When the city inspecter came by to "inspect" the job he RED
TAGGED the water heater saying that there was no vent in the garage to
replace the air that was going up the 4" pipe that exhaused the burned gas
fumes out to the roof. Because of this the garage would create a negative
pressure and the carbonmonoxide would start to build up in the garage.
We had to instal a grated vent in the ceiling allowing fresh air into
the garage from the attic to replace the air going up the exhaust pipe from
the water heater.
Guess where my cerammic studio is??? IN THE SAME GARAGE. A year
before the water heater died I had replaced my broken garage door. I made
sure that the new door was insulated and sealed very well.
Isn't it "funny" how we sometimes go about improving things and in the
process may be killing ourselves. Sort of like the person getting small
shocks from his kiln and still using it.
William A. Sheppard V.
Pat Young Ceramic Arts
Breathing better with better venting. MY 3 kilns are all vented to the
outside.
Arnold Howard on mon 26 jan 04
That's a good point. It is important to bring in fresh air to replace the
air vented from a kiln. This would be mainly for overhead hooded vent
systems.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P.
arnoldhoward@att.net
From: "MarjB"
Venting a basement/inside kiln is a necessity but also consider bringing in
fresh air so that if your kiln is in the area of gas hot water heater/
furnace, the kiln vent is not possibly reversing the air flow enough to
interfere with furnace exhaust.
Simona Drentea on mon 26 jan 04
This was a problem when I built a home in MN in 1995. The homes were just
being built so tight that everyone on our street was having to buy something
called an "air exchanger". It was pretty commonplace there. We sold the house &
moved to CO just before we were going to buy one, but I know the prospective
new owners were already asking us whether they'd need one. I think this is
only a problem w/pretty new homes.
Simona in CO
In a message dated 01/26/2004 5:40:14 AM Mountain Standard Time,
gambaru@XCELCO.ON.CA writes:
The program segment dealt with the problems that are occuring in newer homes
that are more air tight and even older less tight homes. People are
installing larger kitchen hood vents to deal with cooking smells etc. The problem that
is occuring is that extra venting can interfere with the exhausting of gases
from furnaces/hotwater tanks. It did not take much increase in venting to
reverse the flow of the gases and allow those exhaust gases to build up in home
basement. Potentially very dangerous/life threating.
Venting a basement/inside kiln is a necessity but also consider bringing in
fresh air so that if your kiln is in the area of gas hot water heater/ furnace,
the kiln vent is not possibly reversing the air flow enough to interfere with
furnace exhaust. I checked the website and I think the following is the
correct link
Maurice Weitman on mon 26 jan 04
At 5:04 PM -0500 on 1/25/04, William Sheppard wrote:
>Breathing better with better venting. MY 3 kilns are all vented to the
>outside.
Hello,
Venting is very important for our health, but if you don't have a
(good and sensitive) carbon monoxide detector in your garage/studio,
and another in your adjacent living space, I'd strongly suggest you
get them to be safe.
Others on clayart have recommended a battery-operated model sold at
for $100. You can search the clayart
archives for "CO detector" to read why it's important.
Regards,
Maurice
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