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It's mid 30's here, in the 20's in my garage...I'm freezing
How do you keep your garage warm?
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01-30-2020, 01:19 PM | #2 |
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Wood stove
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01-30-2020, 01:24 PM | #3 |
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oil-filled space/radiator heaters
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01-30-2020, 01:31 PM | #4 |
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60,000 btu nat gas fired furnace suspended from the 10 ft ceiling. It is 40 degrees outside this morning and 73 degrees in the shop. i am a happy camper today. ken
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01-30-2020, 01:32 PM | #5 |
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Move to South Florida??
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01-30-2020, 01:53 PM | #7 |
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Ponderosa Pine chucked into my wood stove. Heats me several times... when I cut it, load it, split it, stack it and burn it.
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01-30-2020, 02:41 PM | #8 |
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The old potbellied wood stove from my youth.
The one that was used everyday from fall until spring. The kitchen range only when it got cold and the big red monster in the living room only on Saturday nights and some Sundays. |
01-30-2020, 02:59 PM | #9 |
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100,000 btu gas heater,direct vent through the wall,toasty!
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01-30-2020, 03:13 PM | #10 |
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Hi,
I use infrared heater and warm air.
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01-30-2020, 04:13 PM | #11 |
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Heat in the garage is why I won't be doing anything today. It will be in the low 40s and likely more in the workshop so I'll stay where I can breathe. BTW, low 40s is about 110F.
Heat in the garage! I'm happy to share. It'll be another shocker for the fires which are still burning. It's been over 3 months now. GIVE US A BREAK!
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Mini split heat pump. Works great!
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01-30-2020, 04:47 PM | #13 |
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All electric house, so have a 220 volt 5000 watt electric heater.
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01-30-2020, 04:53 PM | #14 |
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Well insulated garage, portable kerosene heater... does the job in New York's Hudson Valley.
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01-30-2020, 04:59 PM | #15 |
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2020-01-30_04-51-05 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
2020-01-30_04-51-05 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr 2020-01-30_04-52-46 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr I have this in my garage. Propane. Been in place for 3 years now and I havent got to getting it hooked up. I never think about it until winter, then the gas guy gets too busy to do the job. I have an old oil burner that I took out of my house and was thinking about putting that in my large shop. Maybe i'll have heat in both places next winter. |
01-30-2020, 05:46 PM | #16 |
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Open flame heat in a building full of gas fumes? Sounds scary to me. My new garage is going to have radiant heat in the floor. My current garage is well insulated and warms up nicely from the florescent lighting.
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I’m in north Georgia. So far our winter has been pretty mild. My garage/workshop is in the “walk out” basement of our house. A wall mounted propane heater keeps it very comfortable.
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01-30-2020, 06:20 PM | #18 |
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I use a air conditioner, heat pump in the garage wall. It works great in sumer or winter.
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01-30-2020, 07:18 PM | #19 |
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Hey burner31, I live in New Jersey so our winters are long and cold like yours. When this house was built I put in two 10 foot electric baseboards in the garage and when it's 30 degrees outside I can be comfortable at 60-65 in the garage, but I have to be proactive about my garage time and give the place a chance to warm up for a few hours before it gets cozy. I like the electric heat because it's does not require me to burn something or deal with the ignition problem of solvents if I was burning something for heat. Yes the electric meter spins when I turn on the heat but wood pellets and kerosene cost money too and then there is the maintenance issue.
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(?) My shop is not full of gas fumes. I do parts cleaning outside and open the door and blow the fan when running a vehicle. Ted |
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01-30-2020, 08:52 PM | #22 |
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Oil fired 150k btu hot air furnace. It'll run up to 10% waste oil without too much grief.
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01-30-2020, 09:04 PM | #23 |
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I use a 60,000 BTU Propane torpedo heater. When in the 30's I can get the garage to 50's and the ceiling is entirely open rafters and no insulation anywhere.
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01-30-2020, 09:20 PM | #24 |
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01-30-2020, 09:53 PM | #25 |
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Radiant floor heat. Can't beat it,especially when your laying underneath a vehicle.
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01-30-2020, 10:44 PM | #27 |
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Geothermal. Get Elon Musk to drill a hole thru to here. We'll send some warm stuff.
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01-30-2020, 11:31 PM | #28 |
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Talk to your local HVAC contractor, they often pull out very useable furnaces that can be installed very easily in your garage. Be prepared to do some insulating
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01-31-2020, 05:34 AM | #29 |
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Mpi monitor stays on 58 all winter. Garage is 36x36 13' ceiling with two fans. I've been using Off road diesel in it.
When it's 30s and 40's fuel use is 1/2 gallon or less a day. Garage is heavily insulated. |
01-31-2020, 06:02 AM | #30 |
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Ditto
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01-31-2020, 11:30 AM | #31 |
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Try this, a lot of good info: https://www.google.com
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01-31-2020, 11:33 AM | #32 |
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Give this a look: www.thegaragejournal.com .
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01-31-2020, 12:32 PM | #33 |
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I should have added more details to my earlier post (#14). My garage is detached from house, R30 in the ceiling, R15 in walls, concrete floor. I only use the portable kerosene heater when working in the garage, turning it on 15-20 minutes before working, turning it off upon exit. In the winter I store freeze prone items in my house basement (basically paints). This works efficiently and economically in New York's Hudson Valley.
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01-31-2020, 01:39 PM | #34 |
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For garages heated part time I find a mobile home furnace is hard to beat.Bottom discharge,so heat comes out where you need it.just need a small tank and a very simple exhaust setup.i have one in my old garage that I now rent out as a body shop.In my work garage I use waste oil,and I bought that waste oil furnace new in 1986.I do my own A's in my cellar,and use wood down there and oil for the upstairs.I also have a tiny home that uses a Monitor oil heater,those work great in a garage.Unless you use a lot propane is very costly to use here.We have the highest electricity rates in the country here,you can heat a home with oil for the whole winter for less than the cost of one month on electricity.
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01-31-2020, 02:47 PM | #35 |
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Gas forced air, 80,000 BTU ducted, two room shop, insulated well, normally at 50 degrees, wifi thermostat, bump up to 68 fifteen minutes when I'm in the house or truck before going out there. The original plan was in-floor heat but was used to heating only when working. Not practical as would take too long to heat up. Since then I changed to keeping the furnace on. Now I wish I'd stayed with the original plan. When your feet are warm, you are warm.
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02-02-2020, 02:55 PM | #36 |
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I have a mini-split too. Great heat in the winter and cool in the summer. Very happy with it.
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02-02-2020, 10:28 PM | #37 |
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These offer some quick relief they are a nice unit
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02-03-2020, 01:28 AM | #38 |
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If you have a vehicle in it fumes can escape when you least expect it.
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02-03-2020, 08:11 AM | #39 |
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little more info about my 60,ooobtu gas fired heater.
I am currently enclosing a 12 x 24 carport on the east end of my shop, which will add almost 300 sq ft to the gas furnace. when construction is done in april i will add 3 tons of AC to the gas furnace. here in texas the hot summers can be as mizzerable s the cold/wet winters. don worry boys, there is plenty of insulation in the ceiling and walls. |
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I actually have two systems. I have a 38 x 48 insulated pole barn. I built a 12 x 24 room inside and insulated the new wall and ceiling. This smaller area has a minisplit, that is on constantly in the winter at 61 degrees. Costs about $15 per month to run it. I am going out there this morning, and will be perfectly comfortable without a jacket. It is 5 degrees outside. The remainder of the barn is now 28 degrees, my wood stove, supplemented by a small propane radiant heater will bring it up to the 50s in about an hour. I will turn the heater off and the stove will keep it nice the rest of the day. It will also keep the barn above freezing through the night. I don't like getting it below freezing. The 100# propane bottle will last at least all winter, and hour or two each time I need it.
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02-13-2020, 07:20 PM | #41 |
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I have a regular a propane house furnace that vents out the back wall, with a 500 gallon tank behind the garage and a thermostat that I can set to any temp I want. Works great.
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02-13-2020, 09:32 PM | #42 |
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My cars are locked up in a well insulated garage all Winter, with southern facing windows in 3 doors and a black roof. It has a cement floor. No heat at all. Odd, but there is a half gallon jug of water next to the Model A which never freezes. It's on the floor too! Don't get me wrong though, It's too doggone cold for me to work on the cars.
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