"Monika Schleidt" wrote in message
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wrote:

Hello all,
I've read similar postings over the past few years, but I guess I didn't
pay
attention to the answers well enough. I've got a kiln that I can't get
into
my house. It's been on my front porch wrapped in plastic, lowering
property
values for a year now, becasue I'm not sure what to do. I could get it
into
my back porch and I'm trying to figure out the feasibility of putting it
there.

First, the back porch is a wooden structure, about 8 feet wide and 5 feet
deep, with the adjoining wall to the house being made of brick. I could
run
the wiring through to this wall. The advantage, is of course that
venting
would be easy, it's not actually in the house. Disadvantages, this is
Canada and it regularly goes to -20 or -30 in the winter. So, how
realistic
is this, what kind of insulation would be required to deal with the fact
that it's made of wood, what kind of clearance from wooden walls is
needed
to keep it safe? etc.

I know people have commented on similar questions in the past and I'm
wondering if you'd mind repeating your advice! Thanks in advance.
Simon




I live in Austria and we get pretty cold winters here, my kiln, also
about 7 cubic foot, is in a kind of leanto to my workshop (an old
pigsty), which has a roof and some walls, but no windows, just large
openings. So the kiln is practically outside. I fire it all year, it is
a pain to load it in winter, because it is so cold. My kiln has a
special button which tells me the kwh it uses for each firing, it uses
more, if there is more in it, but i have not noticed a difference
between winter and summer. If you think of how hot it fires, (i fire to
about 1100°C) i don't think those 20 or so degrees at the beginning
will make any difference to your electric bill.

Monika

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Wow your kiln must be very well insulated. Mine is in that at high temps
the outside is warm but not hot, yet in winter it takes longer to reach
temp, just has to work harder I guess. We notice it at the art centre as
well and kilns there are in a fairly insulated buildling. They sure to warm
the room up.