RWD3M
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Hi all,
Not sure quite where this belongs, if it belongs at all as it didn't involve any welding! But to mark a rather surprising milestone (1000 posts!) I thought I’d write about some of what I’ve been up to for the last couple of days.
I was reading the thread on Workshop Ventilation recently and it got me thinking. I’ve also had a sort of ventilation issue myself, though more an extraction issue really.
I have a 500mm extractor fan in the wall of my ‘shed’
But to run it I have to open the shed door otherwise the fan just stalls and not a lot of air goes anywhere!
Sooo, I decided to do something about it! And no, I didn’t pull the fuse
I wanted some way of getting fresh air in but without letting all the nice warm air out (electricity bills are still a bit of a concern ) when it’s not running. So I cut a couple of holes in the end wall and fitted a couple of 200mm louvre vents on the inside:
and 4 grilles on the outside:
(There is a 100mm cavity between inside and out)
Net result is that I can now run the fan without having to open the door:
And the incoming air generally replaces the smokey fumey stuff that gathers up in the roof space!
Happy days
Hope everyone is well and keeping out of harm’s way (no, harm's way, not Parm's way!)
Richard.
Not sure quite where this belongs, if it belongs at all as it didn't involve any welding! But to mark a rather surprising milestone (1000 posts!) I thought I’d write about some of what I’ve been up to for the last couple of days.
I was reading the thread on Workshop Ventilation recently and it got me thinking. I’ve also had a sort of ventilation issue myself, though more an extraction issue really.
I have a 500mm extractor fan in the wall of my ‘shed’
But to run it I have to open the shed door otherwise the fan just stalls and not a lot of air goes anywhere!
Sooo, I decided to do something about it! And no, I didn’t pull the fuse
I wanted some way of getting fresh air in but without letting all the nice warm air out (electricity bills are still a bit of a concern ) when it’s not running. So I cut a couple of holes in the end wall and fitted a couple of 200mm louvre vents on the inside:
and 4 grilles on the outside:
(There is a 100mm cavity between inside and out)
Net result is that I can now run the fan without having to open the door:
And the incoming air generally replaces the smokey fumey stuff that gathers up in the roof space!
Happy days
Hope everyone is well and keeping out of harm’s way (no, harm's way, not Parm's way!)
Richard.
