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Attached garage - ventilation?, New house shopping |
type11969 |
Feb 25 2017, 05:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
Been a while since I've posted, been even longer since I've worked on my 914 . . . Anyway, will likely move in the next year or so, and we've been looking at homes with attached garages/living space above the garage. I've never had a house with an attached garage, and while I'm a bit concerned about grinding noise, I'm more concerned about welding/painting fumes. For those of you with attached garages, what do you do? Opening the doors enough? Running some form of ventilation system? Interested to hear about your setup!
-Chris |
mepstein |
Feb 25 2017, 07:05 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
My wife gets pissed anytime I make the garage smell bad. Our family room is over the garage. Also the smell gets into her car overnight. She usually reminds me that's what my workshop is for - also a two car detached garage.
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Spoke |
Feb 25 2017, 07:20 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
I have an attached garage and have done much work like welding and painting. For the welding, always have some ventilation like a door open and maybe a fan.
For painting, I put a fan in a window to keep the paint particles to a minimum. Oh, and most importantly, I have 3 fire extinguishers in the garage. It's one thing to burn down your garage; you don't want to take the house with it. |
JmuRiz |
Feb 25 2017, 09:02 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,427 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Ceiling fan and cracking the door would work well enough. Or a ceiling fan and a through-the-wall bath fan could work. I plan on using my panasonic bath fan when i swap it for a roof-mount model.
FWIW: the ceiling fan is great on warm/hot days too. I got a metal 3-blade shop unit from HD years ago. |
jmitro |
Feb 25 2017, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 23-July 15 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 18,986 Region Association: None |
I have an attached (second) garage that doubles as a workshop. It has big garage doors on both north and south ends, so I can open it up and let the wind carry fumes out.
without this natural breezeway, you would definitely want some method of circulating air |
Tom_T |
Feb 25 2017, 11:19 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
With welding you can open things up & run a fan to ventilate okay, but with painting you'll not want breezes blowing crud onto the paint & causing it the dry too fast, so you've got a dilemma.
You should probably rig up a paint booth where you can control what comes in with the fresh air, & exhaust out all of the fumes in a place away from any windows & doors to the house above & next to on 1st floor of the house. You should probably look at your local building codes for what they require for ventilating a paint booth/facility, & try to get close to that as possible. After all, you don't want to finish your painting & go upstairs/in the house to find your family overcome with fumes. I also agree on having multiple fire extinguishers in there, & always keep one close by where you're working. When we've design auto repair facilities for clients, they're never next to nor under residential uses, & we have to meet extensive ventilation requirements - even with use of water-based paints now required in CA & most other states nowadays. We had a nearby neighbor blow himself up while spray painting in his garage with a water heater in there - so that's another thing to be aware of & isolate - anything with open flames. Even dust from sawing & sanding can be explosive in those situations. So it makes sense to go a bit overboard to stay safe at your home. Stay Safe! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
PlaysWithCars |
Feb 25 2017, 11:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Southeast of Seattle Member No.: 1,323 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
A window to the outside is very helpful for balancing the management of odors and maintenance of a comfortable temperature in the work area. Anywhere between a small opening up to putting a fan in the window can be effective and less of a temperature impact than opening the garage door.
The other thing to keep in mind is pressure differential between the garage and the house. Never pressurize the garage space by blowing fresh air into it. It will exhaust the garage into the lower pressure house. A small fan drawing air out of the garage through the window can be effective at stopping odors from migrating into the house. |
Andyrew |
Feb 26 2017, 04:11 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Garage door open typically is enough for any fumes. Noises on the other hand would need a nicely sealed solid core door at the least.
If your worried about it you can install a roof/attic fan (yes youll need to cut a hole in your roof) which will give you all the ventilation you need. Ive painted 4 cars in my garage and my big fan has done a pretty good job of it. |
type11969 |
Feb 26 2017, 04:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
Thanks for the feedback!
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wndsrfr |
Feb 26 2017, 05:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,429 Joined: 30-April 09 From: Rescue, Virginia Member No.: 10,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Fuel fumes from our vintage cars is significant over time. PO of my car had major issues as the gas smell would get into the house on every in & out of the connecting door.....he was forced to sell the car.
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jacksun |
Feb 26 2017, 05:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 236 Joined: 8-August 13 From: mi Member No.: 16,224 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Hi,
Following are images of what I did when painting my 914. The box fan is a good fit for a 20 x 20" filter taped on. I also took into consideration which way the wind was blowing each day. I would move the fan to the other side if necessary. I chose to use the fan to blow into vs exhaust, as I did not want the fumes to pass through the electric fan. I used a hvlp spray gun. I wet down the driveway, and inside garage floor, and a half-mask respirator is a must. I also had my compressor outside of the "booth" . Lighting was not the best, although, for the inside image I did not have all the lights on. Also, better filters than what I used would be good. An extra five feet of garage width would have been nice. r |
mlindner |
Feb 26 2017, 07:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,521 Joined: 11-November 11 From: Merrimac, WI Member No.: 13,770 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Chris, with a colder climent, I would look into a Air Handler/Air exchange unit.
Keeps the warm air in (or cold) yet takes fumes out. I also have a three stall garage with shop area with extra living area upstair, same problem. All welding and small painting done outside, its a real problem in the winter. Best, Mark |
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