[Jewelry making - Article 00525] - Re: [Orchid] Advice on torches

[Kay]

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    Hi Jen: 

    I have an acetylene/air set up and it stays in my garage.  When I
    work, I move my car out of the garage, but otherwise, it is tied to
    my soldering bench and that's where it is.  I actually tried to get
    a welding company to bury or set up a large tank outside and pipe it
    in, but they refused saying they only did this for businesses but
    not for individuals and certainly not for a home.  So,.....I have no
    option but to leave it in my garage.  However, when I work in the
    garage, I have two windows on opposite walls, I have the garage door
    half open (I do need some privacy) and there is a back door, so it
    is very breezy and aired-out in there. 

    I did speak to my insurance company about it, and their response was
    that it was okay.  I asked them what if I burn my house down with my
    torch - their response, what if you burned your house down with a
    grease fire?  Same thing in their book.  They said as long as I
    wasn't running a "business" out of my house, and as long as I
    classified this as a hobby, it was fine.  If it were a business,
    then I'd have to get business insurance and that's a whole different
    ball of wax. 

    I can't advise you what to do, but would definitely check with your
    insurance company.  I checked with a couple of welders (they have
    welding businesses) and they keep their acetylene in their "shed" (a
    large garage-type establishment where they have all their heavy
    equipment, tons of garbage around and two very large acetylene
    tanks. They are very casual about it all.  They didn't seem to be
    the least bit concerned.  Just be sure it doesn't leak, and move my
    car outside when I work, otherwise they felt it was okay.  And they
    work with this stuff all day long every day. 

Good luck.
Kay

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