I will set up a room in the workshop for welding and grinding metal. Does anyone have concrete tips on how to fireproof the room effectively? The room is about 1.5x1.8m, and the building is a wooden house with inner walls of rough board and chipboard.
Considering covering the walls with thin sheet metal joined with pop rivets.
Considering covering the walls with thin sheet metal joined with pop rivets.
It should work with anything that is non-flammable as a spark guard. Concrete boards? Fiber cement?
I would also want to have 1-2 layers of plasterboard behind to create a fire cell, in case you have bad luck and accidentally set something on fire.
I would also want to have 1-2 layers of plasterboard behind to create a fire cell, in case you have bad luck and accidentally set something on fire.
Fiber cement boards (minerit, ivarit, etc.) are great. But a bit expensive.
Gypsum walls require a lot for a fire to gain a foothold. The surface paper may burn a little/char, but it's not very likely that the fire will be self-sustaining, since the gypsum cools down the thin paper layer so well.
If you drywall and then apply any simple, cheap corrugated (roofing) sheet metal, you'll get both fire and moisture-resistant walls, which can also take some beating.
Gypsum walls require a lot for a fire to gain a foothold. The surface paper may burn a little/char, but it's not very likely that the fire will be self-sustaining, since the gypsum cools down the thin paper layer so well.
If you drywall and then apply any simple, cheap corrugated (roofing) sheet metal, you'll get both fire and moisture-resistant walls, which can also take some beating.
Thanks for the great tips! I have plenty of gypsum and will have about 300 square meters of corrugated sheet metal left over when I change the facade of the house this summer. The question is how to handle gap sealing so that no welding splatters find their way down anywhere? Double layers of gypsum that stand flush against the floor and a double gypsum ceiling.
It's not a problem to lay the sheet with a substantial overlap, right?
If you place a corner sheet at the floor-drywall edge and then corrugated sheet on top, you should minimize the risk of welding spatter creeping along the floor towards the drywall.
If you place a corner sheet at the floor-drywall edge and then corrugated sheet on top, you should minimize the risk of welding spatter creeping along the floor towards the drywall.
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Doesn't it become unnecessarily noisy with smooth sheet metal walls? Hollow brick or stone wool boards behind expanded metal dampen sound. It usually sounds good from the angle grinder.
Missed that I got a response on this post, sorry! It's corrugated metal, 45, so it's in the right direction regarding acoustics at least, but I agree, the angle grinder makes quite a noise. Thank goodness for hearing protection with built-in radio =)imported_Benno said:
Glowing chips from cutting steel with thick materials etc. I don't have time to clean every corner after every welding session as my way of working is to run between different stations since I do all the steps in the building myself. I'm just a bit worried about the paper that the drywall is covered with. A metal strip at the bottom, maybe is a more suitable solution?daugaard said: