claywomn on thu 27 jan 05
Location for my Laguna downdraft kiln has me a bit perplexed. Should I =
build a shelter, we're in cold upstate New York, or put her in our large =
garage. My idea is to mend the cement slab that we use for a pitfiring =
and raku area - originally it was the foundation for a chicken house - =
build a shelter that is basically a roof with supports. We have two =
converted gas/wood kilns that we can fire but keep stored in the barn =
because of snow/ice in the winter. =20
The gas kiln will take 10 - 12 hours to fire, our house is about fifty =
feet from the cement slab so I won't have to be out in the weather =
constantly with the kiln. She'll be coming home in April so any advice =
would be appreciated.
Barbara
In cold, crisp & snowy Upstate NY
Jennifer Boyer on thu 27 jan 05
Have you checked how a kiln attached to the house would affect your
insurance? My insurance company wanted commercial(expensive) insurance
rates on our whole house if we attached the kiln shed . There was a
minimum distance required to keep the house at residential rates...
Jennifer
On Jan 27, 2005, at 11:23 AM, claywomn wrote:
> Location for my Laguna downdraft kiln has me a bit perplexed. Should
> I =
> build a shelter, we're in cold upstate New York, or put her in our
> large =
> garage. My idea is to mend the cement slab that we use for a
> pitfiring =
> and raku area - originally it was the foundation for a chicken house -
> =
> build a shelter that is basically a roof with supports. We have two =
> converted gas/wood kilns that we can fire but keep stored in the barn =
> because of snow/ice in the winter. =20
>
> The gas kiln will take 10 - 12 hours to fire, our house is about fifty
> =
> feet from the cement slab so I won't have to be out in the weather =
> constantly with the kiln. She'll be coming home in April so any
> advice =
> would be appreciated.
>
> Barbara
> In cold, crisp & snowy Upstate NY
>
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ASHPOTS@AOL.COM on fri 28 jan 05
Moving to Lookout Mountain and building my Pottery from ground up i was able
to build my gas kiln room across my driveway. When the weather is nice i spray
my ash glazes in the driveway. I set up a temporary table with my water ,
sprayers , turntable and place for pots on boards.. Its between the gas kiln room
and the Pottery. It works for me..
I really like having my kiln room set apart from the rest of the pottery. My
electric kilns are in a room attached to the pottery. I use them for bisque,
There are 2 windows and also the walls let air in,, also mice.. Ill fix it one
day. I have plenty of space between the kilns and the walls. Also i have the
kiln i use mostly hard wired to the outlet, no plug.
I also have my chemicals in the electric kiln room with my scale ,,
Mark on Lookout Mtn leaving for Marco Island for a slab workshop
www.lookoutmountainpottery.com
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