Regardless of experiences, anecdotes, etc., you should maybe check the
health & safety laws to see whether one is mandatory... of if it's easier to
build one early rather than try to renovate later; among other things, I
tried to cast some epoxy resin in my kitchen once, and realized how much I
would have rather done that in the proper environment...

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I am looking for experiences, anecdotes, opinions about the necessity of
a fume hood in an archaeology laboratory setup. The laboratory in
question will have a general exhaust fan as well as Nederman extraction
trunks for targeted fume removal. A fume hood is also planned, but I'm
beginning to think it may be redundant. Some conservation entailing the
use of chemicals will occur in the laboratory, but that is not the
primary purpose/intended use of the space. (The lab supports a resource
management and research-based government archaeology program