ideas for removing fumes from garage??

[backformore]

I was thinking about a 6'' inline fan and building a pipe system on the ceiling with a few inlets for flexable hoses. The fan is 250cfm, think that will work? Any ideas?

 

[Jeff C]

What kind of fumes are we talking about?

 

[xcrash911]

Safety meeting fumes?

 

[H20SKE]

How big of a shop? I do this for a living--shop exhaust for auto dealers--along with all the rest of their shop needs for equipment.

First hint---a 6" 250cfm fan is not going to do much.


H20SKE...

 

[tudizzle]

Safety meeting fumes?

safety meeting at 4:20 meet me in the garage

 

[m8magicandmystery]

nope..250 cfm is a bit small...the six inch pipe is fine..if you don;t want to complicate it...have your flexduct go out a opening in your garage door or a collar you build on the door that you attach the flex duct to...do away with all the over head stuff..have the other end flexible to clamp or form over exhuast pipes etc...you can look at the inline fan from heating companies...duct heating booster fan to get the exhaust out..remember its silent and deadly...have lots of alarms to warn ya

 

[Abominable]

Eat fewer burritos.

 

[Ollie]

open the door?

 

[kraftymike]

Your best bet would be to build something do draw fumes right off the vehicle like you would see in a automotive shop. Depending on the length you might be able to get away with the smaller 250 Cubic Feet/Minute exhaust fan. Kinda of a temp. rigg job (or I mean Presidential Solution ) but, I have used a shop vac with hoses on both suck and blow ports to get it out side before.

 

[RMKcowboy]

Put 10-15 guys in there to savor the aroma.

 

[AndrettiDog]

open the door?

I was thinking the same thing. Seriously, by the time you put in a fan that works well enough, you are going to suck out the heat anyway. Unless you come up with something to put on the exhaust like auto shops have.

 

[backformore]

Interesting comments....
It's a typical 2 car garage. I was thinking of the inline duct booster fan, i found an 8" that puts out 450cfm. I don't want to put a hole in my garage door and i don't want to open the door because the wind just blows it right back in. I have a couple alarms in the house that go off every time i run a car, sled or atv. I want to run the duct work so i can run the machines, weld do whatever i need and not run a exhaust fan and pull all the heat out.
Just wondering what all you guys have done.
After reading some of the posts now i want a breakfast burrito.

 

[racincowboy]

In my garage I just use a 24" box fan sitting on the window frame. I open the window and let the fan run a few minutes.It works well. It does suck some of the heat out but after 5 minutes or so 95% of the exhaust is gone. Thats the cheap and easy way I have found to do it without adding built in exhaust fans ect. I also crack the garage door open about an inch or so to get the flow going though that the fan pulls. Just my
.02

 

[Coldfinger]

I tried one of those inline hvac fans in 6" size and it didn't do the job. Not sure what the cfm was though.

I just open the garage door and place a squirrel cage fan (stanley) next to the exhaust and point it toward the door. Then close to the door I place a larger, higher cfm house fan to help pull the fumes the rest of the way out.

 

[rooster740]

Oh oh me next! Please me next! How about you ride your sled outside.

 

[skibreeze]

How about a hose hooked up to the exhaust with a bilge blower?

 

[m_beeson]

gas fumes stick to the ground. I wouldn't want to suck them upward if you have a heater present. I would focus on drawing at ground level.