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MIG at home garage legality
"unix" wrote in message ... On Apr 9, 10:27 pm, "Steve B" wrote: wrote in message ... On Apr 9, 7:12 pm, "Steve B" wrote: It all depends on your neighborhood. If you are close to neighbors, they might object to the sparks and noise and smoke. Basically, you can do anything you can get away with. But once a call has been made to zoning or the FD, it's on file, and after that, you're subject to fines. Unless you live in a rural area, or have a shop removed from the house, or just have good neighbors, it doesn't sound like your idea is plausible. The first time someone makes a phone call, it's all over. And SHOULD you have some accidental fire and FD comes out and finds the cause, you can be fined pretty severely. Steve I have never had a problem. I do try not to make a lot of noise before about 8 am and stopped about 8 pm. With MIG you should have almost no smoke or sparks and very little noise, but bashing the stainless into shape before welding could be a problem. It isn't as if you are going to be making a lot more noise than a lawn mower or leaf blower. Dan I lived in a neighborhood and did ornamental metal out of my garage before I went into business. No one complained, and it was a "tight" neighborhood, meaning the houses were close together. So, you may do it, and have no problems. The issue starts when ANYONE calls zoning and starts any paperwork. Or, God forbid, you have a fire. Thinking back on it now, I had some great neighbors because you know how much racket a chop saw makes, and I was doing a lot of work. Keep it reasonable, keep it out of sight as much as possible, and hope for the best. And don't weld at night. It's a dead give-away. Almost no smoke or sparks from MIG and very little noise? Steve Thanks. Really good info. Just a follow up question..... My garage is not attached to my house and is built into a rock hill with the front door being the only opening. Thus, the only ventilation I have is the front door. If I keep it closed while doing welds, will the gasses cause problems? Plan is to do a few quick welds and open the door to air out. You want ventilation while welding. Get a fan. A bathroom fan would work and run some flexible duct from the fan mounted in an exterior wall to the weld area. Then suck the fumes as you weld. Commercially is very similar to what is done. But good fans to exchange air in building. |
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MIG at home garage legality
"unix" wrote in message ... On Apr 9, 10:27 pm, "Steve B" wrote: wrote in message ... On Apr 9, 7:12 pm, "Steve B" wrote: It all depends on your neighborhood. If you are close to neighbors, they might object to the sparks and noise and smoke. Basically, you can do anything you can get away with. But once a call has been made to zoning or the FD, it's on file, and after that, you're subject to fines. Unless you live in a rural area, or have a shop removed from the house, or just have good neighbors, it doesn't sound like your idea is plausible. The first time someone makes a phone call, it's all over. And SHOULD you have some accidental fire and FD comes out and finds the cause, you can be fined pretty severely. Steve I have never had a problem. I do try not to make a lot of noise before about 8 am and stopped about 8 pm. With MIG you should have almost no smoke or sparks and very little noise, but bashing the stainless into shape before welding could be a problem. It isn't as if you are going to be making a lot more noise than a lawn mower or leaf blower. Dan I lived in a neighborhood and did ornamental metal out of my garage before I went into business. No one complained, and it was a "tight" neighborhood, meaning the houses were close together. So, you may do it, and have no problems. The issue starts when ANYONE calls zoning and starts any paperwork. Or, God forbid, you have a fire. Thinking back on it now, I had some great neighbors because you know how much racket a chop saw makes, and I was doing a lot of work. Keep it reasonable, keep it out of sight as much as possible, and hope for the best. And don't weld at night. It's a dead give-away. Almost no smoke or sparks from MIG and very little noise? Steve Thanks. Really good info. Just a follow up question..... My garage is not attached to my house and is built into a rock hill with the front door being the only opening. Thus, the only ventilation I have is the front door. If I keep it closed while doing welds, will the gasses cause problems? Plan is to do a few quick welds and open the door to air out. reply: Just remember that all that smoke goes somewhere, and some of it ends up in your lungs. I would make an exhaust fan somewhere, and run it while welding just to keep any smoke at a continuous low unnoticeable level. If you stick, you will have more smoke. Don't have a strong draft on the MIG welding area. Even those whirlybird exhausts work pretty good for sucking out the smoke. Steve |
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