Garage heater

[Cpt Marvel]

Isn't really related to the jeep, I know, but since many of you seem to live up north I thought I might get a decent answer. I want a heater for my garage. 20 foot wide 30 foot long 10 foot ceiling. All estimates. Fuel vapor area. Electric operated Suggestions?

 

[sota]

consider a waste oil fired unit.

 

[turblediesel]

I use a woodstove and workout at the firewood gym.

Everything stays thawed through the winter as long as I light a fire every few days to heat the concrete pad.

 

[CzarKJ]

I'm probably going to pick up a forced air heater (propane) tomorrow for my one car garage. That's just a temporary thing though for a true warm garage either a wood stove, pellet stove, or coal stove are all good options.

 

[Cpt Marvel]

I'm probably going to pick up a forced air heater (propane) tomorrow for my one car garage. That's just a temporary thing though for a true warm garage either a wood stove, pellet stove, or coal stove are all good options.

I'm just kinda flaky on a fire in an enclosed area with flammable vapors. Call me paranoid. Even though that IS what grandpa used in his garage from the 1930s well up into the early 70s. Damned Army safety training!

 

[ltd02]

Here in Maryland it doesn't get too bad in my standard size two car garage. If necessary I use an inherited vent free propane heater just long enough to take the chill off. I make sure it's off if I'm doing anything fuel related.

 

[Cpt Marvel]

Grandpas garage was in federalsburg. Hermano? I lived in Salisbury when I was teen, out in the boonies. Got some ******* ice storms

 

[tommudd]

Started out in a drafty old grainery back in the 70s
Had a wood stove that was pretty much red hot all the time, get ten feet away and you'd freeze :happy175: But did an amazing amount of work in there. had to to stay warm

Last garage, before here had a ceiling mounted furnance, fully insulated and kept it pretty nice even for the size it was
Here where I am now I have a portable propane unit on wheels works great for smaller areas like a two car garage. Its like a ventless wall mount but mounted so you can move it around. Propane tank sits behind the heater on a platform

 

[jeepguy4276]

It depends on if you have the electric hookup for 220. Most the shop heaters run off that. My garage is finished so I haven't run 220 into it for a heater. I'll eventually put up a shop heater when I do.

I understand your concern about fumes and an open flame, I'm the same way. What I do now is run a propane bullet style heater and get it hot in there, then run a smaller electric and shut off the propane. Then I'm ok to use things with fumes. It cools down of course, but takes quite a while to do it so I usually have plenty of time to get the job done before it gets too cool. I start in a tshirts and finish in a light jacket. Works for now.

Also, your garage is about the same size as mine.

 

[ltd02]

Grandpas garage was in federalsburg. Hermano? I lived in Salisbury when I was teen, out in the boonies. Got some ******* ice storms

Ahh Federalsburg, right off of 313. We get out to the Eastern shore often. I'm way up in North Central Maryland. 30-40 minutes from Gettysburg. Gets down into the teens and single digits quite often and we seem to get more snow here than when I lived near Elmira NY or in NEPA. We get those big mid Atlantic storms. Some years we get buried other years we get very little. We lose power frequently out here in the woods which takes out the heat-pump. Worst part of no electricity means no well water since we have a wood fireplace and alot of wood for heat. I guess I could also just camp in the garage. I always have a couple 20lb tanks on hand since I grill year round, confirming to my neighbors that I am nuts :gr_grin:

 

[M38 Bob]

Used one of these on a 100lb propane tank in my current professional shop for two winters until natural gas became available.

Triple Tank Top Heater

You can choose between one,two,or all three depending on how much heat is needed. With the burners up at chest height, if you let combustible fumes reach that density you're in deep schit already.

Bob

 

[Leeann]

Ahh Federalsburg, right off of 313. We get out to the Eastern shore often. I'm way up in North Central Maryland. 30-40 minutes from Gettysburg.always have a couple 20lb tanks on hand since I grill year round, confirming to my neighbors that I am nuts :gr_grin:

My husband's from the Shore and I went to school over there. Just over there on Thanksgiving. My BIL has a heated shop that used to be a barn for his business as a marine mechanic. He insulated the ceiling and garage doors and put radiant heating in the floor before pouring a slab. But he heats that with a propane water heater he had on hand already and it gets pretty expensive to heat. If he switched to an alternate heat source (like an oil boiler), I think it'd be both warmer and cheaper. He has a pretty big propane heater (think football sidelines) he uses to warm up the air more quickly.

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

 

[turblediesel]

Fire is a big worry. I run my chainsaw dry before it goes in the shop.

I've been ignoring the barbque lately and just cooking on the woodstove. Cast iron rocks! I'm going to try a game hen in the dutch oven on the shop stove next.

Future plans for heat involve duct work between the shop and a not yet built hexadome greenhouse with a passive solar system to warm one floor of the house and a radiator in the shop. Big plans; trees need to come down and dirt needs to move.

 

[mrhemi]

if you are using propane or natural gas, look at a "wall mount furnace", Hunter, was the manufacturer I had in my shop, although there are others, Check the Google machine. The nice thing about these is the safety. They are closed combustion chamber and draw the combustion air from outside, so no worries of sparking fuel fumes. I used a 30000 btu unit to heat a 20x22 garage all winter.

 

[twowings]

I grill year round...especially at Thanksgiving...smoked turkey breast and brisket this year...if that's nuts, tough *****!

 

[tommudd]

I grill year round...especially at Thanksgiving...smoked turkey breast and brisket this year...if that's nuts, tough *****!

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

 

[M38 Bob]

I grill year round...especially at Thanksgiving...smoked turkey breast and brisket this year...if that's nuts, tough *****!

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

YEA! Just because you cook outside don't mean ya gotta EAT outside.:gr_grin:

Bob

 

[tommudd]

This is the heater I use now in my little two car.
Have used it before in other garages , works great, can turn on one two or three burners. 20 lb tank sits on a platform on the back

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[tommudd]

YEA! Just because you cook outside don't mean ya gotta EAT outside.:gr_grin:

Bob

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.

 

[Cardhu]

I've got a 16 x 26 foot 12 foot ceiling 2x6 construction insulated, with two garage doors front and rear.

My 5 Kwatt 220V heater does just fine at keeping it warm assuming your not in and out 15 x a day. Its also worthy to note electricity is cheap where i am.

You also can't put in a wood stove in my area in any new construction garage for insurance reasons. All the ones that remain in town are grandfathered in.

http://www.mrheater.com/single-tank-top-heater.html

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