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natural gas kiln installation

updated tue 22 jun 99

 

deborah goletz on sat 19 jun 99

Original Message:

>Our neighborhood is getting natural gas lines put in this month. I am
>in a very, very residential(4 houses to the acre)neighborhood with a lot
>of house proud neighbors and their lovely lawns. does anyone think that
>I might have a posibility of putting a gas kiln in now? I would only
>want a small one, 10-12 cu feet.
>Millie in Md.

Millie - take a visit to the zoning department of your local Town Hall. A
zoning inspector should be able to answer your questions and tell you what
specifications you would have to meet. A word of advice - you may need to
qualify that the kiln will be used for "hobby" not commercial purposes.
Good luck.

Herb Moses on mon 21 jun 99

a small piece of advice on your local zoning board. there will be a maximum
size for "hobby kilns." The building/zoning folks will probably measure it
the total capacity, not the stacking capacity. For instance, the fact that
the manufacturer said that the kiln had 18 cu ft of usable space was
irrelevant to the city. The kiln had more actual space, and that is what
they used as their guide.

Herb (who has a gas kiln in the middle of downtown, finally)

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----- Original Message -----
From: deborah goletz
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Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 3:41 PM
Subject: Natural gas kiln installation


> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Original Message:
>
> >Our neighborhood is getting natural gas lines put in this month. I am
> >in a very, very residential(4 houses to the acre)neighborhood with a lot
> >of house proud neighbors and their lovely lawns. does anyone think that
> >I might have a posibility of putting a gas kiln in now? I would only
> >want a small one, 10-12 cu feet.
> >Millie in Md.
>
> Millie - take a visit to the zoning department of your local Town Hall. A
> zoning inspector should be able to answer your questions and tell you what
> specifications you would have to meet. A word of advice - you may need to
> qualify that the kiln will be used for "hobby" not commercial purposes.
> Good luck.
>