Grant Stevens
03-12-2006, 9:30 PM
Question for those of with detached, heated shops...
My family will be moving this summer due to a job transfer. Two houses that we are interested in have space attached to the detached garages that could be used for a workshop. The spaces are heated by natural gas wall units. My question is - how safe would it be to have this in a shop (DC would be running normally, but still expect some non-zero amount of [combustible] wood dust in the air)? Could you do anything to make it safer (i.e. boxing off at a safe? distance with air filters)? Am I just being overly cautious?
This is in SE Wisconsin, so the heater would be used regularly in the winter (seems like August - May sometimes!).
Thanks in advance,
Grant
My family will be moving this summer due to a job transfer. Two houses that we are interested in have space attached to the detached garages that could be used for a workshop. The spaces are heated by natural gas wall units. My question is - how safe would it be to have this in a shop (DC would be running normally, but still expect some non-zero amount of [combustible] wood dust in the air)? Could you do anything to make it safer (i.e. boxing off at a safe? distance with air filters)? Am I just being overly cautious?
This is in SE Wisconsin, so the heater would be used regularly in the winter (seems like August - May sometimes!).
Thanks in advance,
Grant