Garage Heater

[Riderduke]

Hey Carl,

I use a electric space heater in my un-insulated 20x20 garage and it takes the chill out. i can work in there with just a sweatshirt (and jeans). its a 1500 watt, 120volt heater. It takes about 20 mins to get the chill out. on a 20* night.

[cb1313]

I have a 1,600 sq. ft workshop . I use 2 large constuction work lights. You can get them most anywhere. tripod base, 2 big lights on a pole. I have one extened all the way up and the other low to the ground. Now... this dos not heat the whole shop but it sure heats where I am working. After a while I usally have to turn them off because my work area is so hot. These lights help because you can point you heat where you are working..... no smell of fuel either.

 

JUST DON't look in to the light............... Cb

[Uturn]

We use a Big Buddy propane...here's a write-up:

 

BIG™ BUDDY POWERFUL INDOOR-SAFE PROPANE HEATER

• Huge output—up to 18,000 BTU/hour
• Designed and approved for emergency indoor and outdoor use
• Heats up to 400 square feet for up to 220 hours
• Built-in low-oxygen shutoff sensor and tip-over shutoff switch ensure safe indoor/outdoor operation
  
• CSA certified
  

BIG Buddy™ Portable Heater provides more safe, reliable heat for tailgate parties, RVs, campers, sports events, garages, storage sheds, workshops, work sites, cabins, ice fishing shacks, porches and patios. Handy emergency heat during a power outage. Dual-Heating System (DHS) combines radiant heat comfort with convection heat airflow for maximum heating efficiency. Three-position switch (4,000, 9,000 and 18,000 BTU/hour) lets you control the comfort level.

Heating times: 1-1/2 to 6 hours on one 1-lb. propane cylinder, 3 to 12 hours on two 1-lb. cylinders, 50 to 220 hours on two 20-lb. cylinders. 20-lb. cylinders require optional hose. Swing-open doors with swivel-out mount make cylinder installation a snap. Other features include built-in piezo starter, integrated hot air blower venting system, safety wire guard, built-in thermal protection probe, blower fan power on/off switch, porcelain-coated reflector, dual ceramic burner tiles with shock-absorbing insulation and hose storage compartment.

Measuring 17"L x 10"W x 17-1/2"H, the BIG Buddy™ can be used as a freestanding heater anywhere (ergonomic handle simplifies transport, nonskid surface pads ensure stability) or as a wall heater (key-shaped rear holes are built in). AC adapter or four D-cell batteries required to power blower fan.

 

MIKE aka Uturn

[Eck]

I open my garage door and work on my bike.............

 

Ouch.......that remark is gonna hurt........

[dr_bar]

Even if I roll the door down, I don't think there's much to do about keeping it warm in my "Garage"......

 

http://www3.telus.net/drbar/pics/garage.jpg

[bdyohecomcast.net]

I have a 30 x 50 16' height I bought a air handler and added a 20 kw heat element only use one side of the element and keep it on about 40 until want to work then turn her up to 65 stays nice Bill

[Cougar]

-I use a P-Tac (like in the hotels) Heat/Air as well as the propane wall heater.

 

- dr_baR, I just set up one of those garage in a box a couple months ago

to store our other car and my gold wing. darn thing works pretty well!

Got it on sale for I think $250? (lots of room in there)

Looks like you might have gotten the roll up door feature? OR how did

you make that door go up and roll like that?

 

Jeff

[Bubber]

I open my garage door and work on my bike.............

 

Ouch.......that remark is gonna hurt........

 

There is one in every crowd! LOL

I can open my garage door too................if I want to freeze my personals off.

When did you say spring was coming?

[campfire12]

24x36 garage with a 75,000 btu oil furnace we took out of a house a couple years ago and i rebuilt. Gets the garage to about 70 in a half hour. Makes it nice for emergency car breakdowns and bike work in the winter. I do turn it off when im not workin g in there. Wife's jeep stays in the garage and my old truck gets the windows scraped in winter.

[capn eddie]

this is what i use a 1500watt 120v at 5118 btu for a 12x16[ATTACH]39105[/ATTACH] it takes about 30 to 40 minutes to get around 65. Bought it at home depot for 47.95

Edited December 7, 2009 by cap'n eddie

[elag]

My garage is attached to my house. 10x20 and I heat it with a 220v 4800 watt electric construction heater. Garage is not insulated and I only heat it when I need it. Really cold outside -20C takes about an hour to make it comfortable in there.

[Condor]

Geeze, I gotta go get one of dem monster heaters... Tomorrows forecast?? 100% chance of snow in Sacramento Ca. !!!! So much for Global warming.....

[friesman]

Geeze, I gotta go get one of dem monster heaters... Tomorrows forecast?? 100% chance of snow in Sacramento Ca. !!!! So much for Global warming.....

 

 

Jack I feel for ya! that snow thing must be ruff for u guys! We have had snow for a whole week now, and I had to put the bike away. Take care driving in that stuff, we dont want you to get hit while out seein the sights again in the snow.

 

Brian

[Condor]

Jack I feel for ya! that snow thing must be ruff for u guys! We have had snow for a whole week now, and I had to put the bike away. Take care driving in that stuff, we dont want you to get hit while out seein the sights again in the snow.

 

Brian

 

Got up this morning and it's snowing!! Put on my sno-shoes but it melted before I got to try them out......

[pegscraper]

I have a hanging style 60,000 BTU propane garage heater I'm working on installing in about a 23' x 23' garage. I picked it up at an auction a while back for $10. I expect it should heat the place up nicely. I have a lot of car and motorcycle work to do inside the garage this winter.

 

In one house in which my brother previously lived, the previous owner to him had replaced the main furnace with a new one for whatever reason and had put the old one in the garage. Now that thing was fantastic. It would heat the garage up to 70º within minutes.

[SilvrT]

I have a "single vehicle" garage which is underneath the spare & master bedrooms.

 

I use this for heating it when I'm working in there. Got it at Home Depot

 

Reddy

25K BTU LP CONVECTION HTR

 

Model: TC101http://www.homedepot.ca/wcsstore/HomeDepotCanada/images/HDPIPPage/square.gifStore SKU #: 1000401645

Heats up to 600 Sq. Ft.

Runs Approximately 17 to 29 Hours on a 20 lb. "Gas Grill" LP Cylinder

[Oldseadog]

I too wish I had a shop. I'm like dr_bar. I have a Costco car port. My Dad HAD a 30'x40' shop with hot water pipes in the cement. At -40 C/F it was toasty inside. No problem laying under some car after it had thawed out.

[RedRider]

The built-in 40,000 BTU Lennox Pulse does just fine to keep the garage as toasty as needed. Now I just need to get all the darn projects done so I can get my truck in there so it is warm in the morning. One stall has the wife's toy ('72 Skylark convetible), one stall has my son's project car ('66 American Rambler), and the last stall has my son's band equipment (drumset, amps, guitars, etc.). Bikes are in the basement. However, all are warm.

 

RR

[dr_bar]

Looks like you might have gotten the roll up door feature? OR how did you make that door go up and roll like that?

 

I went out and bought a piece of PVC pipe and slid it into the door's hem, then just tied a rope onto the frame and looped it under the door. I roll it up by hand and secure it with the rope...