Garage Heat

[Propwash]

55,000 BTU, Kerosene space heater, don't need as mush heat here in the south as you Northern Guys do.

Same thing I run....Doesn't get me to 85 degrees, but comfortable enough to skip the jacket. Cost's me about 10-12 bucks to run for 12 hours. Bottom of the totem pole compared to most you guys but hey, 65 degrees vs. 10-20 below, I'll take it.

 

[MarPar]

Light a Chevy on fire and push it in the corner :rolling:

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I'm lucky, when i bought my house, it already had the old lay-down furnace that was formerly in the da house, installed in the upper corner of the garage. The people had sooo much crap in the garage, that if it was not on the sales paper, you would have missed it!!

Of course the "man" of the house had nothing to do with cars, and the heater hadn't been run for years. I fired that puppy up, and within ten minutes, the garage was a toasty 60*.

Then it decided to crap out on the coldest day of the year in '08, and i had to repair blower motor...that was a PITA. But since then, not burp or fart, and my baby lives in 55* comfort in the winter...it's a beautiful thing

not to mention the parties I've had in the garage since!! oy vey!

 

[eagleone1983]

Several year ago I visited a guy's shop up in Kansas. Was around 10* outside, but was toasty in his shop. What he had for heat looked like a bunch of stove pipe, 4-5" in diameter weaving back and forth near the roof. He said it had a single burner at one end, and the other end (which was quite some way away from the burner) was vented to the outside.

Never seen anything like it before or since, but it sure did the job.

Those are the type of heaters we use in aircraft hangers. Heats up KC-135s and F-16s real nice.

 

[calantpe]

Radiant Heat

Hi Joe. I guess it depends on how much you want to spend. The ceiling heaters work but they only heat the air space and since heat rises the cement floor and the area just above the floor will always be cold. The best way to heat the garage would be with radiant heat in the concrete slab. Once you get the slab heated to the temp you want it stays that way for a long time. You don,t even need a furnace to heat the water. You could use a hot water tank and a reciculation pump. That would work fine. Of course the big expense would be in tearing up the old floor and starting fresh but in the long run would be worth it.

Good luck,

Pete
Upstate NY

 

[Al K]

Light a Chevy on fire and push it in the corner :rolling:

...And your explanation to the Fire Department will be? "But officer,I burn Chevys on the street all the time. Just figured I'd try it in the garage...".:no::no::no:

 

[detmatt1]

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...And your explanation to the Fire Department will be? "But officer,I burn Chevys on the street all the time. Just figured I'd try it in the garage...".:no::no::no:

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[MarPar]

...And your explanation to the Fire Department will be? "But officer,I burn Chevys on the street all the time. Just figured I'd try it in the garage...".:no::no::no:

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