I built a studio 5 years ago, it's part of a large garage but is separated by a wall with a window and door. The best way to do in-floor radiant heat is to build an insulated slab, and nobody insulates the slab in a garage. If I had the Benjamins I'd like in-floor radiant heat, but then you'd be talking laying a floor over the slab, including insulation, which is tough to do if you're retrofitting. I could continue to rely on oil filled radiators for warming it up to comfort level when working - they're just way more efficient. I don't want my clays and glazes to freeze! I'm not sure I'd want to do that with electric heaters, so maybe a small wall heater that would be used to maintain the temp several degrees above freezing. I'm sure there are lots of other things I should consider, but given my current setup - a 3x5 area in an unheated pantry - this would be a big improvement for me.ĮDIT: Now that I think of it, it would have to be reliable heated to at least 40F. At least a covered patio out the back door from the garage. Oh, no, we're dreaming here! I want my kiln in my work area! Or at least nearby. Trying to keep cost down, but would like it to be functional and cozy.Īlso, the kiln would still be located in the barn. Also for kicking back and taking a break. Desk for working on designs and doing paperwork.They should have the auto-heat thing that keeps the oil from freezing when turned off (but still plugged in). Would leave it unheated when not working, or at least turned way down. A garage area could probably be heated adequately with one or two oil-filled radiators, assuming you're not living in Wyoming or something and we're not talking Bill Gates' garage. Storage area for bats where I could easily set them on edge and keep them separated, so they won't warp.Hmmm, now that I think of it, better yet, a cart type of thing so I could just wheel it over and unload it at the shelves. Given I'm short shrimpy and weak, probably no more than 3' long. So all the shelves would be the same size so I could rotate the ware boards around. Wheel throwing area - a stand nearby with movable ware boards that I could fill from the wheel, then just pick up and move the whole shelf to longer term storage/drying area.Table I can walk around, no more than 2.5 feet deep, as a work area.This way I could take 'em outside and hose 'em off once in awhile. Wire wedging station (with permanently mounted wire), with portable hardibacker wedging boards, one for white clay and one for red.The supply line on that would be fine but I'd rather have it plumbed into a drain. Something like this would suit me better than something like this simply because it would be hard for me, given my physical limitations, to haul those containers out to clean the trap in the latter setup. Wouldn't have to have running water as long as I could run water TO it, say via a hose, as needed. Sink set up to keep clay out of the drains. Clay reclaim area - drying area, one pad for white clays and one for reds.
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