Model A Garage & Heat???

[glenn in camino]

Forgive me for bragging, but in the process of building my Model A garage, I bought a radiant heating system from Radiantek.com in Vermont. They shipped it to me and my contractor and I installed it before the floor was poured. It's heated by a high efficiency water heater powered by propane. The tank is outside. It stays 65 degrees in my garage 24/7, even when it's in the 20s outside, with no fan blowing air and dust and with no flames or noise. I wish I had it in my house. I highly recommend radiant heat for any new building.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

Forgive me for bragging, but in the process of building my Model A garage, I bought a radiant heating system from Radiantek.com in Vermont. They shipped it to me and my contractor and I installed it before the floor was poured. It's heated by a high efficiency water heater powered by propane. The tank is outside. It stays 65 degrees in my garage 24/7, even when it's in the 20s outside, with no fan blowing air and dust and with no flames or noise. I wish I had it in my house. I highly recommend radiant heat for any new building.

Glenn, what do you expect your water heater is using per month in propane? Does the burner cycle on quite a bit as it is circulating or does the water make several cycles through the floor before the burner has to reheat the water? Do you expect fuel consumption is about the same as what your house water heater uses?

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[IrishHills]

Probally not the best but I use a 6' 1910 Round Oak wood stove, 30 x 40 pole barn 10' ceiling, built out of cedar no insulation at all, work in a T shirt on coldest days.

Keep in mind propane is lighter than air, Very Dangerous!!!

Edit: meant to say heavier than air... thanks Guys

[Mustang]

Keep in mind propane is lighter than air, Very Dangerous!!![/QUOTE]


Sorry – The real (or perceived) danger of propane
is because it is heavier than air, and tends to pool
at floor level rather than dissipate into the air.
It also has 2.5 times the BTU content per cu ft vapour
compared to natural gas, so a bigger boom for your buck.

For those with high ceilings, a hardware store plain Jane
‘reversible’ ceiling fan at ceiling level, blowing upwards
in the heating season forces the warm air trapped at the
ceiling to flow across to and down the walls, giving
better efficiency and comfort with most heating systems.

Regards
Art

[sturgis 39]

Originally Posted by IrishHills

Probally not the best but I use a 6' 1910 Round Oak wood stove, 30 x 40 pole barn 10' ceiling, built out of cedar no insulation at all, work in a T shirt on coldest days.

Keep in mind propane is lighter than air, Very Dangerous!!!

I think you have it backwards. Propane is heavier than air.

[sturgis 39]

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I heat my shop with propane. electric and wood stove. It is 16'x20' and insulated. The propane is an infrared heater with two burners feed with a seven pound bottle. I turn it on while getting the wood stove going. I have installed a carbon monoxide monitor. The electric heater is 240 volt wall mount unit that I plug into my welding outlet. I do not use it much.

I went to a stove place the other day. I wanted to buy a pellet stove. The guy said propane was half the price of pellet stoves (dollars per BTU). I went to Menards and they have propane heaters for garages that do not have to be vented. They have oxygen sensers but they will not operate above 4500' elevation very well. They are wall mounted and about 9"x3'x4'. They tell what size for a one to three car garage. My elevation is 5600 feet so I will probably not buy one.

I think I will buy a good wood/coal stove and and throw a lump of coal in for the night. My wood stove is getting to in bad shape.

[glenn in camino]

Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

Glenn, what do you expect your water heater is using per month in propane? Does the burner cycle on quite a bit as it is circulating or does the water make several cycles through the floor before the burner has to reheat the water? Do you expect fuel consumption is about the same as what your house water heater uses?

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The system runs now and then during the day depending on the outside temp and is on a thermostat for each room. My garage has 3 rooms that I can control individually. I don't keep track of the propane use.

[Jerry Parr WI]

Originally Posted by glenn in camino

Forgive me for bragging, but in the process of building my Model A garage, I bought a radiant heating system from Radiantek.com in Vermont. They shipped it to me and my contractor and I installed it before the floor was poured. It's heated by a high efficiency water heater powered by propane. The tank is outside. It stays 65 degrees in my garage 24/7, even when it's in the 20s outside, with no fan blowing air and dust and with no flames or noise. I wish I had it in my house. I highly recommend radiant heat for any new building.

I agree in floor radiant heat is the best way to go. My brother did it with his garage and his house. Difficult to retrofit but the next time I break up the concrete in my garage floor I will install it.

When it's in the 20s here we call that a heat wave and people shed their winter coats.