Basement shop
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Basement shop
Hey guys, I want to make a shop in my basement to build my bobber. I am low on funds and a carpenter. I live in Buffalo, new york. Anyone that lives in a north eastern city knows the kind of house I live in. Upper/lower. The basement has like 4 different rooms. I just want to know if you guys think it is safe for me to weld down there? Exhaust fans out the window?? Thanks guys!!
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Just some things to consider:
Non combustable floor covering
Non combustable ceiling above area where you'll be welding
Portable welding screens to contain sparks
I'd suggest some sort of fume hood with an outside exhaust. You really don't want welding fumes rising up into the house above.
The floor can be concrete, the ceiling fireproof sheetrock. You can buy welding screens or make a 2 or three sided enclosure with cement board. Some sheet metal pop riveted into a fume hood with a metalic clothes dryer hose and an exhaust fan could cobble up a fume extractor. It all depends on how much welding you'll be doing.
Non combustable floor covering
Non combustable ceiling above area where you'll be welding
Portable welding screens to contain sparks
I'd suggest some sort of fume hood with an outside exhaust. You really don't want welding fumes rising up into the house above.
The floor can be concrete, the ceiling fireproof sheetrock. You can buy welding screens or make a 2 or three sided enclosure with cement board. Some sheet metal pop riveted into a fume hood with a metalic clothes dryer hose and an exhaust fan could cobble up a fume extractor. It all depends on how much welding you'll be doing.
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I have a simular setup. Full first floor and basement. I finished half the basement and the other half serves as my garage. Is your floor finished? I have concrete floors so no problems there. The main thing to worry about is fumes. I have tried and tried to keep the fumes from various projects from seeping upstairs. It is impossible without some kind of fume/exhaust setup.
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What are you welding? Welding Galvanized is very dangerous as the zinc fumes generated can cause serious helath probelms, for example. Exhausting the welding area would be critical, but i don't know if you can do it sufficiently or not. A "fan in the window" is likely not near enough ventilaltion. There are specifically designed Weld Fume Extractors that allow you to weld in confined spaces, but they are very expensive.
Buffalo, eh? I grew up in Jamestown...
HTH
-Dave
Buffalo, eh? I grew up in Jamestown...
HTH
-Dave
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My buddy Mike Benedetto is from jamestown. We played you in football. Sweet Home!! We just won our second straight state title. I hated playing Jamestown, your turf was cool put hard to play on if your used to grass. Anyway, I am building a custom bobber. I will construct a ventilation system. What if I just do all the tack welding to get everything together down there? Then finish welding it at school? Basically just cutting my frame and welding a rigid rear section to it. I am still trying to find an alternate solution.
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I have done everything I should not in a basement, the most important thing is fresh in and bad air out. If you have forced hot air, you should build a room with a fresh air inlet around the furnace.
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When you walk down my basement stairs on the right there is a room with two small rooms in it. To the left there are the gigantic Buffalo 1940's furnaces. I figured if I keep the doors closed and make opening in the wall leading to the room with a fan sucking air in and use a window double fan with hose hanging from the ceiling to direct the fumes out of the basement. That it would be ok. You know like cheap ductwork leading out to the driveway. Thanks you guys for all the suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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One of your biggest dangers will be heavier-than-air gasses. This includes many petroleum-based solvents and other gasses like carbon monoxide. If your ventilation does not include an intake at floor level, you are setting yourself up for a potentially deadly mishap. (You could accidentally knock yourself out while using something that produces heavier-than-air fumes, and suffocate long before anyone ever finds you).
A belt-drive fan connected to a TEFC motor (gets the fan and any sparks it may create out of the airstream that may contain flammable vapors) would be good for that floor-level intake.
Jason
A belt-drive fan connected to a TEFC motor (gets the fan and any sparks it may create out of the airstream that may contain flammable vapors) would be good for that floor-level intake.
Jason
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