Studio heat source

Hi All

I'm designing a small studio addition for my SO's pottery studio. It'll
be about 12' by 22'. I'm trying to decide on a heat source for it. Fuel
will probably be natural gas. What do you use? I'm thinking it's
probably good to use a source that doesn't blow air around, but I'm not
sure how important that is. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.
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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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Not blowing dust is exceedingly important. I live in Vancouver, my
studio is extremely well ventilated, I should reduce some time ... it
used to be a spray paint shop, and I never closed the venting where the
blower was. It's gets pretty cold in there sometimes. But likely not
as cold as Kingston gets. I use a quartz heater as can be seen here;

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,43456,43465

It's pretty amazing. My working area is pretty small, so I just point
at me if I'm at the wheel, or the table, and that's pretty much it.
It's definitely enough for me.

i have a $25 propane gas bottle attachment that heats up pretty well!
something like 45,000 BTU's. i point it toward me or away when the
room gets pretty hot.

agreeably it's a small room, 12 foot x 12 foot with a higher open atic.


i have a small 5 inch fan on a shelf i point to the top ceiling to
spread the hot air around.

i can reach 84 degrees F in about an hour.

i put the heater on top of one of my raku propane bottles.

it's also great since it's portable to take outside, etc.

see ya

steve

How do you keep from getting CO poisoning?

--
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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i have a $25 propane gas bottle attachment that heats up pretty well!
something like 45,000 BTU's. i point it toward me or away when the
room gets pretty hot.

agreeably it's a small room, 12 foot x 12 foot with a higher open atic.


i have a small 5 inch fan on a shelf i point to the top ceiling to
spread the hot air around.

i can reach 84 degrees F in about an hour.

i put the heater on top of one of my raku propane bottles.

it's also great since it's portable to take outside, etc.

see ya

steve

i guess all the leaks around the door & atic vents.

steve



DKat wrote:
How do you keep from getting CO poisoning?

--
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more
and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and
glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last
and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
wrote in message
oups.com...
i have a $25 propane gas bottle attachment that heats up pretty
well!
something like 45,000 BTU's. i point it toward me or away when the
room gets pretty hot.

agreeably it's a small room, 12 foot x 12 foot with a higher open
atic.


i have a small 5 inch fan on a shelf i point to the top ceiling to
spread the hot air around.

i can reach 84 degrees F in about an hour.

i put the heater on top of one of my raku propane bottles.

it's also great since it's portable to take outside, etc.

see ya

steve

after thinking about it, i think there's no CO coming off propane
burners. that's why indoor fork lifts can be used. alot of indoor
motor equipment has to be converted to propane.

see ya

steve

i have found tho' that propane (or butane) are quite "wet" in that they give
off a fair amount of condensation.... i use a wood burning stove in my
workshop... seems to work well.... failing that there's always the waste
heat from the kiln....
Hugs
Eddie
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after thinking about it, i think there's no CO coming off propane
burners. that's why indoor fork lifts can be used. alot of indoor
motor equipment has to be converted to propane.

see ya

steve

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after thinking about it, i think there's no CO coming off propane
burners. that's why indoor fork lifts can be used. alot of indoor
motor equipment has to be converted to propane.

see ya

steve

A small sampling....

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4849a2.htm
http://www.fmca.com/motorhomingguide...opoisoning.asp
http://www.coquitlam.ca/Residents/Pu...ide+Safety.htm

good data! thanks for the links! i'll make sure i keep a door partly
open when using that heater.

see ya

steve

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good data! thanks for the links! i'll make sure i keep a door partly
open when using that heater.

see ya

steve

Good to hear. Wouldn't want to lose you. DK