Do you have a thermometer in your Shedio??

[Fruddy]

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!!

Just interested!

x

[Billie]

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)    I've no idea what the temperature in the room is, but the kiln usually reads between 14 and 17 degrees.

[Helen G]

I do 

In the summer the highest it went was 45c    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 

[Nikki]

I work in my garage, it's currently -3 so no chance of melting anything today

[sarah t]

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

[hollergrafik]

I am bringing my stuff into the spare room, I will torch this winter

[Lyn G]

I don't have a thermometer, but my kiln read -5 when I switched it on this morning!!   

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!!   

[mariag]

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

[Helen G]

I get cold feet too and wear thermal socks  

[sea-thistle]

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.

[Black Heart Beads]

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 

[chipperpottery]

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

[Josephine]

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....

[JaySpangles]

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.

[Blue Box Studio]

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.