Garage heater

[tommudd]

Single Tank Top Heater

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also run one of these in teh ice shack and occasionally in the garage.

Used to have a couple of those, loaned them out and :Bye::Bye::Bye:

 

[ltd02]

I do as well, last year shoveled off a path to the grill :happy175:

I'll even grill in snow. Everyone thinks I'm nuts

Same here. Nothing like the smell of dead cow cookin' while the snow is falling. I'm like the postal carrier of grilling. :gr_grin:

But its so much fun to build snow people to sit with you outside and eat
You just know the neighbors are peaking out wondering what you and the snow people are discussing.

Quantum physics. :happy175:

Seriously though, my inherited propane heater is the three panel ceramic (I guess) like Tom's except wall mounted. Makes quick work of my standard 2 car garage.

 

[Cpt Marvel]

I think I'm just gonna get a commercial garage 240 volt ceiling mount. Neighbor is an electrician and he'll wire it in and put a circuit breaker for 40$. Thing I don't get, when researching. Ads say "will heat 900 square feet" (an example). Well I'm not heating "square feet". I'm heating cubic feet. What's up with that?

 

[ltd02]

I think I'm just gonna get a commercial garage 240 volt ceiling mount. Neighbor is an electrician and he'll wire it in and put a circuit breaker for 40$. Thing I don't get, when researching. Ads say "will heat 900 square feet" (an example). Well I'm not heating "square feet". I'm heating cubic feet. What's up with that?

That sounds like a good plan and reasonable too. I think they assume standard ceiling height when they speak of square feet. Not an HVAC guy so not sure what is considered standard ceiling height though. :shrug:

 

[profdlp]

...also run one of these in teh ice shack and occasionally in the garage.

I have a smaller version of that I use for camping. Throws out a lot of heat for its size. :waytogo:

That sounds like a good plan and reasonable too. I think they assume standard ceiling height when they speak of square feet. Not an HVAC guy so not sure what is considered standard ceiling height though. :shrug:

8' for a residential finished room. 10' for commercial space, like an office building.

 

[Hockeygoon]

consider a waste oil fired unit.

Love those things. Bought the last one for $100 in like new condition.

 

[CzarKJ]

I'm nice and toasty in the garage now.

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[jeepguy4276]

I'm nice and toasty in the garage now.

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That's pretty much what I run too. Works great.

 

[u2slow]

IMO, run the 240v circuit and get one of those $80-100 4500watt box heaters. You probably want 240v anyway for a compressor or welder anyway.

I don't like fuel-fired portable devices inside an 'airtight' space. Of course you're supposed to crack a window or door, but people are absent-minded. Accident waiting to happen (fumes or fire).

 

[CzarKJ]

IMO, run the 240v circuit and get one of those $80-100 4500watt box heaters. You probably want 240v anyway for a compressor or welder anyway.

I don't like fuel-fired portable devices inside an 'airtight' space. Of course you're supposed to crack a window or door, but people are absent-minded. Accident waiting to happen (fumes or fire).

Notice how I had the door open . It says on it that you need 1cuft ventilation i think. Kinda low to me.

 

[u2slow]

Notice how I had the door open .

Indeed. But thats something I don't trust myself with. I lose tools I had in my hands just seconds ago :shrug: And we deal with the hazards of oxygen-deprived spaces at work.... so maybe I'm extra paranoid that way.

 

[Ocelot]

I used 2 - 6000 watt unit heaters in my 22 x 22 attached garage here in Manitoba. Really good recovery time after an overhead door was opened.
With electric heat, it doesn't cost extra to run if you oversize.
Those 5000 watt "construction" heaters are just as good, but if they have a plug on them, they aren't to be mounted permanently - they are for temporary use.