June June on sat 14 jan 06
Bruce, I have been reading some of the posts for your question. I have a very small work shop and would like to share what I have done. My kiln sets very close to the walls and even right next to one of my wooden work tables. I mounted cement board, like you use in bathrooms in the shower or tub stall. They do not heat up. I even leaned one against the end of the work table with no mounting and works great. Hope this helps.
June Kinsinger
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To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 07:15:33 -0800
Subject: Re: Thanks for Whaddya Think replies
Hi Bruce,
Don't do two layers of dry-wall, it will accomplish nothing but to eat money
and time.
Instead, appreciate that you need to establish practicaly, how far from a
wall your kiln needs to be or can be, and to determine then if you even need
anything at all to deter the heat from effecting the wall.
If the kiln needs to be close enough to the wall for the wall to get hot if
unprotected, then, hang a sheet of sheet metal several inches from the wall,
and if you like, have a fan also which will suppliment the convection of the
rise of the warm Air between the sheet metal and the wall...
Two layers of dry wall will not help anything except to slow an actual fire.
The paper and whatever paint that is on the outside of the dry-wall, once
hot enough, burn anyway, or blister and burn or as may be...so...
Figure out how far from the wall your kiln can be without being a problem,
do an experimental run to see how hot hot may be for the wall with that
distance, and go from there. If you can keep your hand on the wall during a
sustained fireing, then there is nothing to worry about...if not, then at
least have as much distance as possible for the layout, and hang the
sheet-metal...
Too, you could probably insulate the outside of your electric Kiln with
Kaowool or similar, and then not only make it more effecient, but also let
you get it closer to a wall without so much heat comeing off of it to effect
that wall.
Good luck...!
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Davis"
> Thanks for Whaddya Think replies. I received quite a few replies to my
> question about the use of cement board in my kiln room...I will probably
go with
> two layers of regular drywall over the pink insulation--that much is
> probably overkill but with the other disasters here on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast I
> want to be extra cautious.
> My son is a brick/masonry contractor and we had originally planned
to
> do the kiln room in cement blocks but he is too busy with construction to
> help right now.
> Construction is booming here and the building materials stores are
> overwhelmed. They can't get help and the wait to check out of the stores
is
> maddening. Twice this past week I stood in line for hours to pay for
cartloads
> of lumber and materials for the studio. I know people who go all the way
to
> Jackson to buy building supplies which is about a four hour drive.
> Two weeks ago the discussion was about methane and someone
suggested
> that I have a great opportunity to experiment because of all the organic
> storm debris. That would be true in other, more leisurely times.
According to
> local statistics, to date they have hauled away 29 million cu yds. of
storm
> debris and still have 20 million more to go. It would be wonderful to
recover
> even a small portion of that--especially for wood firing, etc.--but the
> volume is so great that they just burn it at the dump sites. I could
have
> salvaged all the lumber I needed for my studio, but it is almost
impossible to
> separate the good material from the bad--alas!!!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bruce Davis, Mud Run Pottery
> Gulfport MS
> _http://bdavis6129.blogspot.com/_ (http://bdavis6129.blogspot.com/)
> bdavis6129@aol.com
>
>
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