Madrona Artist on tue 25 jan 05
Hi all,
I have always appreciated the input I have got from
the clayart listserv. I am close to making a decision
on our first home and I seek help from all again.
Our house hunt has been from the point of view that I
could now have a studio at home rather than travelling
everyday to our guild (which has closed down).
In addition to the other priorities we wanted in a
house (like big kitchen etc..) we came across a
tri-level home. There is an entertainment room
(~300sqft) in the lower level with the attached
laucndary room with utility sink and toilet. Also it
is open to the somewhat level backyard through sliding
doors (future gas kin could go out there). It also
connects to the garage. I was thinking of converting
this entertainment room to my studio. So my concerns
are
1. Electric kiln in this room or in the garage. Big
size two car garage, so I think I can park the cars in
when the kiln is not in use.
2. There is forced heat in this room which makes me
nervous about it being connected to heating system of
the entire house. Can I just close the ducts and use a
space heater. It doesn't get too cold here so that
should be sufficient.
3. The flooring is currently carpet which will
obviously go and I beleive there is plywood
underneath. Would vynl be a good option here?
4. There is no other room next to it and it has a
door, so it can remain closed at all times to avoid
clay dust into the main house. Also there should be no
reason for anyone to visit that room except for
laundry. Should I be concerened then of having the
studio in this room?
I know these questions have been repeated in some form
or another and I have looked at earlier responses. But
before i make an offer on this house I need to make
sure I am not making a big mistake.
I would really appreciate all the input. A big thanks
in advance.
Charan
www.creativewithclay.com
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Kathi LeSueur on tue 25 jan 05
Madrona Artist wrote:
>Hi all,
>...I am close to making a decision
>on our first home and I seek help from all again.
>......... we came across a tri-level home. There is an entertainment room
>(~300sqft) in the lower level..... I was thinking of converting
>this entertainment room to my studio. .......
>2. There is forced heat in this room which makes me
>nervous about it being connected to heating system of
>the entire house. >>>
>
I had my studio in my basement from 1977 to 1982. I also had forced air
heat. It is now 22 years later. I've had the ducts cleaned by a
reputable duct cleaner with HEPA filters on their equipment.
I still get clay dust.
I would caution anyone about putting their studio in their home. If at
all possible, put it in a separate building.
Kathi
Donna Nicosia on tue 25 jan 05
I am in somewhat a similar situation as far a dust control is concerned.
My studio is in my attic 15x26. I also have forced heat with a whole
house electronic cleaner which I clean once a month. Along with that I
have 2 electronic cleaners in my studio which gets cleaned at least once
a week. Let me tell you, they do work, I can tell when I clean them.
Once the clay took over this room, I removed the carpeting and replaced
with vinyl which is great for damp mopping. My kilns are in my basement
and are vented out and I also open some windows down there during the
firing. In the summer, I close off the central air conditioning to the
studio and have installed a separate air conditioner in the wall just
for the studio. I also have a whole house fan that I use in the studio
when I make my glazes. Other than that I clean my work when it is
leather hard to avoid a lot of dust. Your situation sounds great with
some minor adjustments. Even though I have gone through a lot of
alterations to prevent the majority of dust throughout the house it
still is not an ideal situation. Presently , I am on the lookout for a
house or building which would be better suited to working with clay.
everything on one floor would be nice. Running my work up and down from
the studio to the basement and back up again and down again is all time
consuming. So, good luck in your decision. I guess it depends on how
much clay is a part of your life. Donna
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Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:07 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Tri-level home.. will it work??
Hi all,
I have always appreciated the input I have got from
the clayart listserv. I am close to making a decision
on our first home and I seek help from all again.
Our house hunt has been from the point of view that I
could now have a studio at home rather than travelling
everyday to our guild (which has closed down).
In addition to the other priorities we wanted in a
house (like big kitchen etc..) we came across a
tri-level home. There is an entertainment room
(~300sqft) in the lower level with the attached
laucndary room with utility sink and toilet. Also it
is open to the somewhat level backyard through sliding
doors (future gas kin could go out there). It also
connects to the garage. I was thinking of converting
this entertainment room to my studio. So my concerns
are
1. Electric kiln in this room or in the garage. Big
size two car garage, so I think I can park the cars in
when the kiln is not in use.
2. There is forced heat in this room which makes me
nervous about it being connected to heating system of
the entire house. Can I just close the ducts and use a
space heater. It doesn't get too cold here so that
should be sufficient.
3. The flooring is currently carpet which will
obviously go and I beleive there is plywood
underneath. Would vynl be a good option here?
4. There is no other room next to it and it has a
door, so it can remain closed at all times to avoid
clay dust into the main house. Also there should be no
reason for anyone to visit that room except for
laundry. Should I be concerened then of having the
studio in this room?
I know these questions have been repeated in some form
or another and I have looked at earlier responses. But
before i make an offer on this house I need to make
sure I am not making a big mistake.
I would really appreciate all the input. A big thanks
in advance.
Charan
www.creativewithclay.com
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Darin Lang on fri 28 jan 05
It won't hurt your heater to close off a single register vent.
You may find that an area of your house gets warmer than it used to
since it is now receiving the air that used to go in that room. It may
hurt your heater though if you close off a return air vent. Probably
there is no return air vent in that room, usually the return air is in
a more common area so it can service several registers. The return air
vent is where the furnace draws the air from to heat and distribute
around the house, there are usually only one or two of these, though
more is possible. If you diminish the return air you reduce the amount
of air going into the system, thereby starving the furnace and the
house.
Darin
On Jan 28, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Madrona Artist wrote:
> Like I mentioned in my previous mail, would it be safe
> for me to just close the heat ducts in that room, so
> that I can avoid clay dust going through the heating
> system? As I said I can put a oil space heater in
> there instead.
> Is there going to be a problem in the heating system
> if I do that?
Madrona Artist on fri 28 jan 05
I haven't heard many comments about heat.
Like I mentioned in my previous mail, would it be safe
for me to just close the heat ducts in that room, so
that I can avoid clay dust going through the heating
system? As I said I can put a oil space heater in
there instead.
Is there going to be a problem in the heating system
if I do that?
Thanks
Charan
www.creativewithclay.com
--- Madrona Artist
wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have always appreciated the input I have got from
> the clayart listserv. I am close to making a
> decision
> on our first home and I seek help from all again.
> Our house hunt has been from the point of view that
> I
> could now have a studio at home rather than
> travelling
> everyday to our guild (which has closed down).
> In addition to the other priorities we wanted in a
> house (like big kitchen etc..) we came across a
> tri-level home. There is an entertainment room
> (~300sqft) in the lower level with the attached
> laucndary room with utility sink and toilet. Also it
> is open to the somewhat level backyard through
> sliding
> doors (future gas kin could go out there). It also
> connects to the garage. I was thinking of converting
> this entertainment room to my studio. So my concerns
> are
> 1. Electric kiln in this room or in the garage. Big
> size two car garage, so I think I can park the cars
> in
> when the kiln is not in use.
> 2. There is forced heat in this room which makes me
> nervous about it being connected to heating system
> of
> the entire house. Can I just close the ducts and use
> a
> space heater. It doesn't get too cold here so that
> should be sufficient.
> 3. The flooring is currently carpet which will
> obviously go and I beleive there is plywood
> underneath. Would vynl be a good option here?
> 4. There is no other room next to it and it has a
> door, so it can remain closed at all times to avoid
> clay dust into the main house. Also there should be
> no
> reason for anyone to visit that room except for
> laundry. Should I be concerened then of having the
> studio in this room?
>
> I know these questions have been repeated in some
> form
> or another and I have looked at earlier responses.
> But
> before i make an offer on this house I need to make
> sure I am not making a big mistake.
> I would really appreciate all the input. A big
> thanks
> in advance.
> Charan
> www.creativewithclay.com
>
>
>
>
>
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Kathy Forer on fri 28 jan 05
On Jan 25, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Madrona Artist wrote:
> There is an entertainment room
> (~300sqft) in the lower level with the attached
> laucndary room with utility sink and toilet. Also it
> is open to the somewhat level backyard through sliding
> doors (future gas kin could go out there). It also
> connects to the garage. I was thinking of converting
> this entertainment room to my studio.
If you could seal off the direct door to the house and use the backyard
level as your entrance and exit, you might lose some of the dust on the
way down and around and gain a good buffer between home and studio.
Unless you have mountains of regular laundry, it shouldn't be a
problem.
Kathy Forer, with a similar 3/4 basement in Locust, NJ
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