Loren, Rod, John, Tom

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I know that you have nice shops by the pictures you post. My question to you and others is how do you remove the exhaust fumes.Looking to install a system in my shop.
Jerry from Ohio
 
Jerry, I always wanted to install a exhaust fan,, I have at least three of them sitting around, so far I have yet to do it, I open the back door and the shop doors and vent,,, I have used a rubber exhaust hoses I have from my days working in the methane industry we used to thaw out pipes ect hooked to a pickup exhaust,, if I have to run one for some reason when its really cold I throw that on the muffler and run it out under the shop door
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Not to cut in their post but my shop has outer steel, house wrap, 6" bat insulation , plastic vapor barrier and inner steel and 10 inches of attic insulation, it's very tight and easy to heat so if I have smoke in there the night before you can still smell it the next morning, I have a fan in the upper corner that will yank the walk in door out of your hand when you open it , it clears out the smoke, the bad thing is it brings in cold air, looking to install an overhead smoke tube, going to do some looking around
 
My idea is to make a swinging boom the will go part way over the floor with a rubber flex hose on it. I haven't decided on what to use for a discharge fan. I wonder if one of those cone shaped screw in grain aeration fans mounted outside wouldn't do the job.
 
Hi Jerry, my exhaust fan is the large door. I only run a tractor to get it in and out of the shop. If I need to run the tractor for testing or checking things it goes outside. I will leave the big door open until all exhaust smell is gone regardless of outside temp. Welding is done in a different old building and I do the same there, leave the door open. Rod.
 
I also just open one of the overhead doors a bit and then open the back man door. I loose a bunch of heat but the shop warms back up pretty quick.
Loren
 
We use swinging arm with flex pipe attached to a squirrel fan out of a furnace. Has a three speed fan motor. We cut a piece of plywood to fit walk in door put fan and all on castors, open the walk in door wheel the fan in place place exhaust tube over area where we need it. Takes out fumes and some heat not too bad. Works well and cheap.
 
I've recently finished my new shop. During construction I searched and searched for what you guys are wanting. The cheapest one o could find was around $2500 so I opted out of it. My exhaust fan in the upper far wall does the same as what everyone else is saying, but it's better than breathing fumes.
 
Thank you for the replies, I will open my service door and windows at the back of my shop for short runs and take them outside if possible for the longer runs.My windows are in the gable end of the shop up about 20 feet.
Jerry from Ohio
 

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