Drop ceiling or open

[Mr Tees!!]

The last place I worked at had the screenprint operation in a building with 8ft ceillings. We ran an auto and a Mini-Sprint in there. It never occured to me that it felt "cramped" in there with low ceilings, but I can say that those low ceioings afforded a pleasant climate-controlled area. I would do the same in my shop if I owned it, but we lease the building.

You can get used to anything after awhile, I'd be happy to get used to a low ceiling and a temperature reading of less than three digits.

[gtmfg]

What dryer are you running? When we only had a workhorse 3011 it was super comfortable. with the Raypaul it's a min. of 80 degrees with the air running.

[islandtees]

What dryer are you running? When we only had a workhorse 3011 it was super comfortable. with the Raypaul it's a min. of 80 degrees with the air running.

We have a M&R Fusion dryer (10 ft heat chamber) so not a huge dryer.

[Lizard]

We do tons of garment dyed shirts.  30 foot ceilings are still not high enough.  The smoke/fumes from the dye is terrible.  I would go for the high ceilings.

[islandtees]

We do tons of garment dyed shirts.  30 foot ceilings are still not high enough.  The smoke/fumes from the dye is terrible.  I would go for the high ceilings.

Do you have a/c and how do you get rid of the fumes with that high ceiling?

[Lizard]

No A/C but lots of air flow.  Temp rarely gets above 90.

[tonypep]

I want to think ours are 30'. Lot of discharge products roll through here each day. But we knew that when we built the factory

[blue moon]

we have AC and low ceilings. You will have minor problems with the small electric dryer. If you wrap it well, you should be OK and it should not impact your electric bill much.

discharge and small enclosed space do not mix, you will have to ventilate so all your cold air will be gone!
Shorter ceilings are better as the air volume is lower so it will cost less to cool and it will recover faster if you have to blow the fumes out.

With both the small and the large dryer we ended moving the output through the wall into the warehouse. You will need a way to manage the smoke/fume output. Make up air is the way to go if you are building your own.

pierre

[islandtees]

we have AC and low ceilings. You will have minor problems with the small electric dryer. If you wrap it well, you should be OK and it should not impact your electric bill much.

discharge and small enclosed space do not mix, you will have to ventilate so all your cold air will be gone!
Shorter ceilings are better as the air volume is lower so it will cost less to cool and it will recover faster if you have to blow the fumes out.

With both the small and the large dryer we ended moving the output through the wall into the warehouse. You will need a way to manage the smoke/fume output. Make up air is the way to go if you are building your own.

pierre

The problem I see with the dryer is a lot of heat comes out the exit end of the dryer. The dryer does have the power exhaust toward the end which we will ventilate outside.
We don't do discharge or waterbase, plastisol only.
The building already exists.

[tonypep]

We have two 6 foot exhaust fans adjacent to and above the rec dock. On the far opposite end and in alignment with the fans are giant louvers. There are also louvers located on the East side of the building.
When the fans are activated the louvers open in tandem automatically. Pretty functional. But when you run those Chouinard pig dyes all bets are off and the funk begins. Thankfully they mostly do not  discharge well or at all so most people do not order them. Discharge fumes not a problem except with the Magna white recently.

[jsheridan]

We do tons of garment dyed shirts.  30 foot ceilings are still not high enough.  The smoke/fumes from the dye is terrible.  I would go for the high ceilings.

Sounds like you just need better ventilation. Put some range hoods over the end of the dryer and vent that outa there.