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Kiln Fumes And Placement In Garden


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Hello. I am new to the forum and also fairly new to ceramics (about a year). I recently meet a retired potter who is selling all her equipment and I purchased her wheel and a giffon grip. She also has an excel top loading single burner kiln which she asked if I wanted. It is 5 cubic ft internally and comes with shelves and props. Ships is asking $360. My initial thought was I am too inexperienced, but my wife has talked me into getting it.bi was going to put it in out outdoors in the pool area next to a chicken run. I live in Brisbane Australia. The climate here is subtropical with winter temps of 4-20 degrees Celsius and summer temps 20-45 c.

 

Now here is my question, my instructor and a potter friend think that this is a bad idea as the fumes from glazing are quite toxic and I have many fruit trees (mangos bananas lemons limes oranges apples pears and a vege patch) within a 5-30 meters radius. Is this correct? If so would an electric kiln be better? Sorry I'm a newbie at all this so sorry if this seems a bit silly but I have done a Google search to try and find this myself but not much I can find.

 

Thanks in advance. Oh by the way I have a time constraint as person selling the kiln needs to have it out of her house by next weekend so I would like to give her an answer as to whether I'll purchase it.

 

Regards clement

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Hey Clement! Welcome!

 

You'll want to shelter any kiln from rain and wind, but allow lots of ventilation for a gas burning kiln. I think if your trees are far enough away as to not be a fire hazard they should be perfectly safe from whatever fumes are coming out of a 5 cubic ft kiln. Fumes from glaze firing are certainly ones you don't want inside your home, but they run heavily to things like carbon monoxide. There is a possibility of some metal fumes, depending on what materials you're glazing with. If something like a welding rig or outdoor chlorine swimming pool isn't likely to kill your trees in a similar proximity, then neither will a kiln.

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Thanks Diesel for the response. That information is fantastic. It great to know my plants won't die off.

 

I plan on using fairly safe glazes to begin with like a celadon or tenmoku but if I start glazing with more toxic glazes is there a chance that Heavy metals can get into the fruit and vegetables I'm growing. As much as I like to listen to heavy metal I really don't want to eat it!

 

Regards clement

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