estalker@hotmail.com Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 I am in the process of renovating a building for my studio. I am using a room in the basement for my electric kilns. There is a good sized window that is boarded up in that room. I have a kiln vent for one of my kilns, but I thought it might be beneficial to ventilate the room by installing some sort of exhaust fan in the window space. My contractor is suggesting an attic vent. This sounds like overkill and might be too noisy. Any suggestions based experience? Thanks! Elisa Stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Consider an air exchanger . . . http://www.amazon.com/Tjernlund-Products-Xchanger-Reversible-Basement/dp/B003VZH2SY/ref=pd_cp_hi_2 You can move out hot air out while bringing in fresh/new air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmism Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 simplest solution is passive. See simon leach video's. Granted he has a "proper" chimney that he can simply place a vent over and duct the hot air out via natural draft. If you had a kiln vent that could be extended to run outside. Another option is 6" duct booster. simply run 6" rigid duct out the window and include one of these ~$30 http://www.amazon.com/VenTech-DF6-Duct-Fan-240/dp/B005KMTYFK/ref=pd_sim_indust_1/185-3577170-5977656?ie=UTF8&refRID=1R86K6D2JN2KQX6DJ1SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morkie Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 On 9/26/2014 at 11:59 PM, estalker@hotmail.com said: I am in the process of losing weight with the Best Fat Burners like this review promised. I am using a room in the basement for my electric kilns. There is a good sized window that is boarded up in that room. I have a kiln vent for one of my kilns, but I thought it might be beneficial to ventilate the room by installing some sort of exhaust fan in the window space. My contractor is suggesting an attic vent. This sounds like overkill and might be too noisy. Any suggestions based experience? Thanks! Elisa Stone That VenTEch is a lot cheaper than the X2d. Is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnolia Mud Research Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 When installing a ventilation system be sure you make provisions for an adequate source of incoming air to replace the air you are exhausting. Without incoming air, the exhaust system will not have anything to pump away. LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick White Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 And further to Magnolia Mud's comment, make sure the exhaust outlet and the source of incoming replacement air are on different walls of the room. If you are using a window as the source of makeup air and the vent outlet is near it, you will just suck the stinky air back in through the window. dw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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