Having 7500 watts of heating power made me feel very optimistic about the studio. I cranked everything up expecting to have a warm studio within a few hours. I had even installed a hanging ceiling fan to circulate the warm air that would collect at my 13-foot high ceiling.

Starting at near freezing temperatures didn’t discourage me.  It would just take a bit longer.  But after 5 hours, the highest temperature I could get was 48 degrees.  Not exactly cozy.  And then the weather turned even colder.

It has become painfully obvious that the building needs to be insulated.  The ceiling will be my first target.  Its surface area is more than twice that of 2 walls and using blow-in insulation can be done at half the cost of the 2 walls.

It’s hard to heat a building when warm air rises and when it hits the ceiling it is no longer warm air.

– Rich Pulham

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