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venting above or below

updated sat 31 may 97

 

PSH on sun 4 may 97

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I need to buy a vent for my kiln. Could you give me your opinions as to
whether hood venting above or venting from below is better? Looks like
there are advantages to both....
Thanks. Sharon
Venting from below would be a better choice in my opinion. With a kiln vent be
out of the kiln from the bottom before the fumes enter the room, this facilitat
the
kiln. A hood vent on the other hand removes only those fumes that have already
merits
of a kiln vent from below are a decreased cooling time without even opening the
information on kiln vents, just post a message and I'll send you some informati

Geoff Farrow, Euclids Kilns and Elements

P.S. You can get pricing information on Orton Kiln Vents here: http://www.eucli
This site is brand new, but should have much more information, and pictures wit