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Have the same in my 30x30, little older model, free out of airport terminal.
Heating The Garage
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My two cents for what it is worth - everyone has mentioned a number of great pros and cons to the various products and methods available. It's like anything else, the right product for the purpose. The end game is to be comfortable so that you can work on, or store your vehicles year round. BUT, what is going to be the main focus of your work? If you are going to spend any time restoring your classic Mopar, you will be doing bodywork. Burned fuel particulates are the enemy of a bodyman. Besides the obvious health risks, if you are burning any kind of fuel, especially Kerosene, there will be some particulates released into the immediate area. If they get into your primer / paint/ or even body filler, you are setting yourself up for failure. I have a thread in the members projects section of the project I am wrapping up now - my 71 440-6 SuperBee. I did ALL of the work in a detached 22x30 garage built for just that purpose. I heat the garage with (3) 8' sections of electric baseboard. Each is 1500 watts and cost less than 50 bucks each. Now I also live in the 2nd most expensive electric delivery areas in the country, so I see it in my bill for sure, so I don't use it unless I need it. But it works great, makes plenty of heat, never needs fuel, leaves no mess, no chimney, no danger at all, and I can leave it on while my paint work is drying - no fear of explosion. Just food for thought. Oh and again, if you plan on doing any paint work, the fan driven units - any of them, is not a good idea - they will blow any dust, or even bugs right into your wet paint. Electric baseboard is easy to do, cheap to install, heats great and has zero impact on anything - other than your electric bill.
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Lol, off hand, I couldn't tell ya' Fran. I saw a comparison chart once that did indicate we use more than average around here. All I know is the person (part time miser sometimes) that pays it has never complained about any cost increases over the winters. Like 5 or 6 years now. Then too, she don't like her car cold either. And BTW, that global warming helps keep cost down
. I run it around 45° in winter. It will be cooler at floor level though. Crank it up to 65° or so about a half hour before I do (or attempt to do) anything out there.
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I have a NewAire 5600W. 24'x21' attached garage. Works great, had to install 240V receptacle (like a welder uses) Garage is insulated, has 11" ceiling. By the way...what's good to insulate alum. garage doors?
Electricity here is expensive in Juiy/Aug it's $330 a month, that's why I asked.Lol, off hand, I couldn't tell ya' Fran. I saw a comparison chart once that did indicate we use more than average around here. All I know is the person (part time miser sometimes) that pays it has never complained about any cost increases over the winters. Like 5 or 6 years now. Then too, she don't like her car cold either. And BTW, that global warming helps keep cost down
I run it around 45° in winter. It will be cooler at floor level though. Crank it up to 65° or so about a half hour before I do (or attempt to do) anything out there.
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Wow this is a great thread. You guys have come through again and I want to say thank you very much for sharing all of this great information. First I agree that Glenwood's Polara is beautiful. My uncle had a 64 Sports Fury that he raced on Long Island NY at Central Islip Speedway before it closed. He called it, "Untouchable Baby." That was my introduction to Mopars. Just before my uncle passed away my older brother bought the car from him. One day I took the car to school (with his permission) and did a mean burnout in the school parking lot. When the smoke cleared there was a cop sitting there ready to write me a ticket. He gave me a warning, but I did not repeat that again. A few weeks later my brother wrapped it around a telephone pole on a rainy night.
67coronet440 what brand is that heater you are showing?
Daves69 what brand is your heater?
How many BTU's does it take to heat a garage that is 22 x 30 and 12' ceiling that is insulated? Or should I be looking at watts?
67coronet440 what brand is that heater you are showing?
Daves69 what brand is your heater?
How many BTU's does it take to heat a garage that is 22 x 30 and 12' ceiling that is insulated? Or should I be looking at watts?
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Mine door is a 16' X 7' filled foam door surrounded with tin inside and out. No windows. Made by Ideal Door (Intellecore model) bought at Menards, I installed. Has like R18 rating w/o windows. I know they have kits to insulate doors. My old one just a tin outer shell with thin foam panels laid in it. Cheap spec house door and it bent at the top in the center one morning, missed work that morning, stuck in the garage.
Looks like it's 50 / month just to get it here and we're averaging around 95. So say around 150 /mo and we use a whole bunch of AC due to allergy issues. No, they ain't giving it away around here either.
I went with the Fahrenheat 7500 watt max. I wanted "more" than enough, without open flame or glowing coils. Bought mine at Farm and Fleet. Posted a link to Northern Tool on page 1.
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I use one of these in a 3 car garage with the one open stall that's a shop area. I've fired this up when it's 30's* outside, 48* in the garage and it will be pushin 70* in about 2-3 hours. More then adequate here. It burns a tank about every 2 weeks using it everyday for about 3 hours. Good Luck
https://www.harborfreight.com/15000-btu-tank-top-propane-heater-63073.html
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It took some research to find one, but the easyradiant 2 stage was a good fit. https://www.easyradiantworks.com/sparten.htm
I have the pedals and am looking for the 833. Some day soon I hope! 275 60s on the rear which is tight. The rear is a little high and front a little low for my taste, but it is a wip...
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I am looking to heat only when I am working in the garage.
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I turn the tube heater on via t-stat about an hour before I plan to work in there in the spring & fall. During the winter, I set the t-stat to the lowest setting of 7C to keep frost from starting and just turn it up when I plan to work in there. It heats up my 28x36 shop fairly quick.
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If only heating sometimes the floor will stay very cold for a very long time. I would heat my garage to 75 degrees for hours and the floor was still freezing. And the biggest problem is that when you turn on the heat condensation forms on everything, especially under your car. Because of this I use a down flow furnace that blows across the floor. And when the heat is off I keep the fan running to stop condensation. High efficient furnaces are nice because they have sealed burners and use outside air for combustion, but will freeze if not keeping garage above 32 degrees and won’t work when you need them. You will also want an oversized furnace to bring up to temp when cold, but not to big because it will short cycle quit a bit already with the garage being uninsulated. That’s where a 2 stage furnace is nice or 2 different heat sources, (like a unit heater and base board for example). Base board is nice for painting and such because it is a steady heat with no air movement. But with no air movement under the car, or heated floors, you will have a problem with condensation. Radiant tube heaters are nice for an uninsulated garage be cause they heat quickly and warm everything exposed to them but will not heat under the car very well and there are hot and cold areas. I use an 80% 2 stage gas furnace, it doesn’t freeze like the 90%+ furnaces do. But, it needs vented through metal pipe and uses garage air for combustion. That’s not a problem because my garage is not air tight. I do not paint in the garage with the furnace on and I store gas cans elsewhere. If I was keeping the garage above freezing all the time I would definitely use a 90%+ furnace. There are pros and cons to everything, pick what works best for you. (And of course budget plays a big role as well).
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Wow! Your meter spins fast!
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Wow! Your meter spins fast!
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