I went out to my outhouse last night to make some beads - my gas went on Sunday so hadn't torched since then and BLIMEY - it was ffffffreeezing outside!
I have a thermotube, which is a great little thing, as I couldn't see my breath in the air in the shed, but it was still pretty cold. The temp inside my kiln when I switched it on was 7 degrees.
I just wondered if anyone had a thermometer in their sheds to they know how cold it is?? I torch with the door open, not wide open now because its far too cold for that but enough so that I am getting fresh air and I managed about 4 hours last night before the cold finally drove me inside in search of a hot chocolate!! ;D
Just interested!
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No, but I'd be interesting to know what it is. I work in a ground level basement. The house is a about 400 years old, old stone, and the internal supporting walls are about 2 feet thick, so I'd imagine the outside walls are at least that. The temperature where I work is constant all year round so lovely and cool in the summer, and still very comfortable in the winter (although I do tend to wear a gillet) ;D I've no idea what the temperature in the room is, but the kiln usually reads between 14 and 17 degrees.
I do ;D
In the summer the highest it went was 45c :o so I had to invest in an aircon unit-fantastic thing!
In the winter I keep a low kw electric heater going to keep the damp away and so it's a little more inviting, the lowest I've seen was the other day when it was 7c which is too cold for me (several health issues so getting silly cold is not a good idea and I'm a bit protective of myself) so I've bought a mini supersur gas heater off ebay to nip out and turn on before I go back out to torch ;D
I work in my garage, it's currently -3 so no chance of melting anything today >:( :(
it was -1 inside my kiln when i went in to turn the heater on in the shed :(........it was 7 in there when i went to turn kiln on after heater had been on ful blast for 4 hours !......going to have my lunch and give it a go or family will be getting flowers from the 24 hour garage for christmas ::)
the michelin man look is very in this year :P
I am bringing my stuff into the spare room, I will torch this winter
I don't have a thermometer, but my kiln read -5 when I switched it on this morning!! :o :o
I have a little heater in my shed, and I find it gets quite toasty warm in there. Only my feet get cold, so yesterday I took a hot water bottle out with me and rested my feet on it....lovely!! :) :)
My studio is in a partly converted garage & the thermometer is reading -1c although the water in a cup hasn't frozen ???
It's pretty darn cold out there though ::)
I get cold feet too and wear thermal socks ;)
I have an electronic thermometer in my shed and an ordinary one.Can't say I've been in the shed as I am into my 2nd week of a stonking cold. :'(
Quote from: Hollergrafik or Special Kay :) on December 02, 2010, 01:35:44 PM
I am bringing my stuff into the spare room, I will torch this winter
How will the floor cope with the weight of all your glass :o
I am lucky as my studio is insulated and because I do ceramics, my large kilns are better than any heaters. Temp outside yesterday was
minus 5
My kiln is reading 4C at the moment....the same as my fridge! If does heat up pretty well with my little electric fan heater but I'm putting it off....
I wear a sheepskin deerstalker type hat that DH lent me. A down jacket with a fur gilet over the top and long sheepskin boots. An interesting look. At least I can manage to keep going though. I don't need a thermometer to tell me it's flipping cold.
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Too cold for a thermometer in my shedio, not sure they go that low ;) Am determined to get out there this weekend, been putting it off for several weeks but surely thermals, furry boots, jacket, radiator and wooly hat should be enough? I know it's cold out there, we still have frozen pipes outside so no water to my big (textiles) shedio which is a bit of a problem as I need to bring wet dyed scarves into the house now instead of washing them out there.
I managed to get my shed up to a toasty 20c yesterday thanks to a butane gas heater I bought off ebay-result ;D ;D
I work in my kitchen, and the last couple of days, the kiln has been showing a chilly 7c when i first turn it on.... and that's INSIDE the house... brrrr
When it gets really cold my heating is on constanly - I just turn it down at night. But because the house stays warm I rarely have it on over about 13/14°C. And it's a nice warm - I hate it when you whack the heating up and before you know it it's all stuffy and uncomfortable!