Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt

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Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt

Why do you have a "hot water" heater? :~)

If the water heater is electric, no problem. If it is gas, you want to
insure that the dust does not infiltrate the intake and or exhaust vent and
cause an inefficient burn, however probably not a real concern The dust
mixed with the flame is most likely not ever going to be a problem so much
as perhaps solvents, varnishes and stains vapors that may accumulate near
the floor and cannot escape. I do not think that I would ever be
comfortable with that situation unless there was or is a way to vent the
room air from the floor to the outside.

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My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt


Depends on your concern. Will you have an explosion? No. Will you have a
PITA to clean? Yes, at times. Even with a DC, there will still be some
dust around. I'd make some sort of physical barrier or partition, but I'd
not worry about serious problems from dust. Yes, from solvents though.

In my old house, I used to spray lacquer with the gas furnace and the cold
water heater, but with ventilation never blew up the house.

New gas water heaters have a flammable vapors protection system to keep
you from burning the house down if a lacquer or solvent spill happen.
HOWEVER, This system usually has a ceramic air intake filter which
could/would clog from fine dust causing an EXPENSIVE repair.
Basement shops that have worked for years with old style water heaters
may have to be modified when their existing water heater needs to be
replaced.

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:40:13 -0400, wrote:

Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.

In our old house the shop shared space with the oil fired furnace.
This was back before I was doing anything serious and still the
injectors or whatever you call them got clogged up and the furnace
stopped working. I don't know how different gas would be, but we
ended up putting up a temporary wall to close off that part of the
basement. In the new house the mechanicals are off in a more easily
closed off area so we were able to put up some permanent walls.


-Leuf

wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt


I've had a basement shop shared with a gas hot water heater and an open
gas furnace that drew it combustion air from the basement for over 30
years (recently changed to a closed furnace system). I do limit solvent
use in the basement but I've never had any problems with dust or solvents.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

... those of you with basement shops. I am currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the basement which also houses the furnace ...

My greatest problem is shop dust getting into the air handler and
depositing wood dust throughout the house. I've installed a strong dust
collection system and a couple of large air cleaners, but some dust
still ends up in the rest of the house.

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:40:13 -0400, wrote:

Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt

I've been WW in the basement of my house for 20 years with no problems
at all. I have a gas furnace and a gas water heater. I don't have
dust collection. I do vac a lot. I use the vac as a dust collector
on the planerm but that's about it. I haven't experienced any
problems.

That said, a good reason to use an out building instead would be not
having to lift heavy stuff in and out. Particularly big iron like the
jointer or TS. Some projects can get pretty heavy too.

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Gas appliances will pull a really bad odor from the finishes if the pilot
or the app. is in use. Almost ran me out of the house...took 4 days to get
rid of the smell.

George Max wrote:
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:40:13 -0400, wrote:

Hi everyone,
I have a simple question for those of you with basement shops. I am
currently deciding whether or not to set mine up in a part of the
basement which also houses the furnace and the hot water heater. Both
are gas fired but the furnace is a closed system. My question is this:
should I be concerned about some small amount of dust in the same room
as the hot water heater or not? I plan to have a small dust collection
system setup in the area as well. Any advise or help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt

I've been WW in the basement of my house for 20 years with no problems
at all. I have a gas furnace and a gas water heater. I don't have
dust collection. I do vac a lot. I use the vac as a dust collector
on the planerm but that's about it. I haven't experienced any
problems.

That said, a good reason to use an out building instead would be not
having to lift heavy stuff in and out. Particularly big iron like the
jointer or TS. Some projects can get pretty heavy too.

Had mine in the garage for about 5 years and got tired of only being
able to work when it wasn't blasting hot or too cold. Also couldn't
keep a number of "freezable" stuff in there year round. In the
basement now for also about 5 years. My room is seperated from the
furnace and water heater (both gas) by a door that usually stays open.
I have a simple dust collector and vac on occassion. No problems so
far and I would recommend it.