I haven't built my garage yet and am doing a lot of work in the basement right now ranging from woodworking to drywalling. I'd like to be able to do some spray painting and similar work down there without too much worry of fumes/dust so I've been considering different options for dust/fume mitigation and exhaustion. Also keeping in mind I'd like the solution to carry over when the garage is built and be relatively inexpensive.
I first notice this problem when doing a little drywalling (sanding), so I considered an ambient air filter similiar to this:
Key problem is no ability to exhaust really. So kept looking. Saw a post on here about using a shop vac with the outlet directed outside, ok, but not ideal due to noise. At this point I also was hitting some posts about paint booths and the fire hazards associated with fans and started considering something like this because I may be doing some painting and/or use of stuff like carb cleanter:
This would probably be a good choice, but no real versatility. Also will have a blast cabinet some day so something I could use with that would be good too. So now...I'm thinking a portable dust collector, like:
What I would do is have a pipe with louvers in the basement and garage that I could hook up to so I could exhaust out instead of through the bag. I'd probably also set it up with a cyclone type thing to collect solids when exhausting outside. Cool thing about this option is I can focus the collection where I need it for welding, sawing, or just have it running for general air exhaust. Now here is my concern....it appears that the fire hazard would be mitigated with this because of the motor being on the back side of the impellar. Obviously not perfect, but better than what some people are getting away with using box fans etc. Also I'm not planning an serious painting or use of flammable solvents, especially in the basement...any thoughts.
I first notice this problem when doing a little drywalling (sanding), so I considered an ambient air filter similiar to this:
Key problem is no ability to exhaust really. So kept looking. Saw a post on here about using a shop vac with the outlet directed outside, ok, but not ideal due to noise. At this point I also was hitting some posts about paint booths and the fire hazards associated with fans and started considering something like this because I may be doing some painting and/or use of stuff like carb cleanter:
This would probably be a good choice, but no real versatility. Also will have a blast cabinet some day so something I could use with that would be good too. So now...I'm thinking a portable dust collector, like:
What I would do is have a pipe with louvers in the basement and garage that I could hook up to so I could exhaust out instead of through the bag. I'd probably also set it up with a cyclone type thing to collect solids when exhausting outside. Cool thing about this option is I can focus the collection where I need it for welding, sawing, or just have it running for general air exhaust. Now here is my concern....it appears that the fire hazard would be mitigated with this because of the motor being on the back side of the impellar. Obviously not perfect, but better than what some people are getting away with using box fans etc. Also I'm not planning an serious painting or use of flammable solvents, especially in the basement...any thoughts.