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Depends, are a fan in the window blowing out and zip wall walls the obvious?
Yes, I'd say that's pretty obvious, but the suggestions are good enough that I'm glad you mentioned them anyway.-T
And turning off the heat when making dust. Blocking all returns in that area (provided it doesn't choke off the furnace) and sealing all heat ducts from debris.
nah, that's obvious too.
As are drops draped over doorways even tho you are using the door for entry.
That sticky foot mat isn't all that bad an idea either-works in a clean room.
Vac attached to tools in use if possible.
Drops all the way from entry to work area, picked up an shook out nightly.
Those bootie things all the painters/plumbers (here) seem to have.
There's probably only a dozen or so more............
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And turning off the heat when making dust. Blocking all returns in that area (provided it doesn't choke off the furnace) and sealing all heat ducts from debris.
nah, that's obvious too.
I wouldn't say that's obvious. How do you determine if you will "choke off the furnace?" Is that a matter of blocking needed heat into the room?
As are drops draped over doorways even tho you are using the door for entry.
That's pretty standard, so I'd say that one's obvious.
That sticky foot mat isn't all that bad an idea either-works in a clean room.
Foot mats - obvious, "sticky" foot mats - not obvious. Thanks for the tip. Where do you get something like that?
Vac attached to tools in use if possible.
Not always. For example, using a shop router for cutouts in drywall might not be obvious. I did, however, think of that one already.
Drops all the way from entry to work area, picked up an shook out nightly.
That's a widely accepted standard, so I'd say that's very obvious. However, in an effort to be "dust free" I'd use something heavy duty and vacuum it.
Those bootie things all the painters/plumbers (here) seem to have.
That's obvious, but a good enough idea to mention anyway.
There's probably only a dozen or so more............
I'd be interested in hearing about them.-T
Sticky foot mat...http://www.protectiveproducts.com/faq.html#tmI'm sure there are other places, but it looks like you can order directly from these guys.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
choke the furnace-block all or too many of the air returns, the air the furnace pushes is only what it sucks in.
you got the sticky mats link from roman.
and admittedly this is after an evening at the Idiot here in Maumee, but what the hey. All these questions, general tho they might be..................
you think we'll give it all up?
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I'd say continuously flood the work area with water.
Forrest
That reminds me, something we did once was pour a couple cups of water on a mat in front of the entryway. I'd say that's half-way obvious.-T
When at all possible use hand tools especially when you demo.
suck it up at the source. I'm not $etarily advanced enough to afford many tools with specific dust collection features, like festool, but I'll attatch my shop vac to anything i can.
i use an angle grinder a lot and will just tape the hose right up to the housing, for example.
Btw 'dust free remodeling' is an oxymoron.
I sometimes cut the bottom out of a plastic milk jug and attach the vacume hose to the spout. Try to hold by grinder or under sponge when doing touch up drywall sanding.
Every bit helps
there was a 'tips' article in FHB where a guy had made a mini dust collection unit out of a clear plastic storage box. Holes in it made for vac hose and long gloves I think I remember...
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I sometimes cut the bottom out of a plastic milk jug and attach the vacume hose to the spout.
Neat,, I learned something today! That's a great Idea!
Thanks!Its a horse thing!
I recently tried Sheetrocks "dust control joint compound" and was surprised to find it actually worked. It was necessary to use a heavier grit sandpaper than usual but the dust really did seem to fall straight down.
I always used the Porter Cable drywall sander & a good paper filter in the vac.
Had many comments from customers as to how clean the job site & their home stayed during the drywall faze of the job. No one should regard themselve as "God's gift to man." But rather a mere man whos gifts are from God.
Piffin has mentioned the use of a portable dust collecter thingy. It's a stand alone portable recirculating air filter.
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Sometimes if I'm working alone I will use a shop vac in close proximity to where I'm cutting and if I can spare a hand. If I can't I take a zip wall pole and clamp the hose onto the pole close to the area so I can use both hands to work. I've even taken a garden sprayer and misted the air in the immediate area after I've made a cut. The mist catches the dust suspended in the air and drops it to the floor. But make sure your floor has some plastic protection first and the sprayer is just emitting a "mist" rather than a stream.
When I build a dust wall on projects that have a longer duration I take some 25ga metal framing track and a few steel studs and hold the track up to the ceiling and down to the floor with some zip wall poles. Sometimes I even put a hollow core door in the wall for access. Then I put 6 mill clear plastic onto the track and studs and hold it in place with screws and butt strips. Then I put blue painters tape between the plastic and adjacent drywall. This makes a relatively air tight enclosure between the living space and the work space.
I'll also mount a small box fan into my plastic dust wall with spray adhesive so it's air tight to the plastic and pulling clean air from the adjacent non construction side of the wall and blowing the clean air into the work area essentially pressurizing the work area. Then I'll open up a window in the work side of the wall and put a box fan in the window sucking the bad air outside.
I saw some asbestos abatement guys doing it and I've been doing it ever since.
BjR