Garage Heater

[johnk]

Any source of flame down low especially in a garage are a recipe for disaster. Gasoline, propane fumes propane etc. hang low to the ground just waiting for a source of ignition. You just might end up heating the neighborhood. A suspended unit heater or infra reds on the ceiling are the best for for an explosive enviroment.

 

[LBrown59]

A suspended unit heater or infra reds on the ceiling are the best for for an explosive enviroment
Any source of flame down low especially in a garage are a recipe for disaster. Gasoline, propane fumes propane etc. hang low to the ground just waiting for a source of ignition. You just might end up heating the neighborhood. .

Better yet no flame inside

 

[LBrown59]

One last comment that falls into the "for what it's worth" catagory:
If you're going to spend much time at all in the garage you may want to consider installing insulation. It'll not only keep the heat in but will keep the heat out in the summer. We made the mistake of not insulating our attached garage when we built our house 4 years ago. Thought was "it's not heated so why insulate it?" The summer sun made it a real oven. I bit the bullet and tore off the drywall, insulated it and redrywalled it. A lot of extra work but now it's comfortable in there.
When I built my shop I made sure I insulated it well. Now it's cool in the summer and easily warmed in the winter.

*Insulation will pay for itself pretty quick.

*Insulation only saves fuel when combined with a thermostat controlled heater.

 

[KentT]

*Insulation only saves fuel when combined with a thermostat controlled heater.

Insulation will help retain heat regardless of who/what is controlling when that heat source is turned on or off, or even if it can be...

Insulation will help retain heat in a building heated with an old-fashioned non-airtight, non-thermostat controlled wood heater like a pot-bellied stove...

 

[Dougd]

I use a 35K BTU Kerosene salamander to heat my 2-car drywalled-and-painted-but-not-insulated shop; warms the place up real nice and quickly. Drawbacks: it's noisy and smelly, even using the $7+/gallon filtered fuel from the local Home Depot, and a PITA to refuel. Produces an incredible amount of moisture, the taped joints in the drywall have all come loose and the painted walls are speckled with mold after only 1 year; what was once a beautiful shop looks like crap. AND, most of my tools now have a thin film of rust covering them.
Looking to put in an electric ceiling-hung unit ASAP, the amount of moisture in Kerosene and the amount of damage it can cause was a surprise to me. I assume LP or Natural gas would be "better" than Kero, but that's only a guess.

 

[53gravely]

I never thought of the moisture never crossed my mind. I have to find out how much moisture is in natural gas.....don't need a bunch of rusty tools nd machines...glad you brought that up!

 

[LBrown59]

I never thought of the moisture never crossed my mind. I have to find out how much moisture is in natural gas.....don't need a bunch of rusty tools nd machines...glad you brought that up!

It's the un vented factor not type of fuel used.== L B ==.

 

[LBrown59]

1*Insulation will help retain heat regardless of who/what is controlling when that heat source is turned on or off, or even if it can be...
2*Insulation will help retain heat in a building heated with an old-fashioned non-airtight, non-thermostat controlled wood heater like a pot-bellied stove...

1*But if the flame isn't turned off or reduced fuel consumption will be the same for insulated or un insulated.
2*but the pot-bellied stove will consume the same amount of fuel in either case.
== L B ==

 

[KentT]

1*But if the flame isn't turned off or reduced fuel consumption will be the same for insulated or un insulated.
2*but the pot-bellied stove will consume the same amount of fuel in either case.
== L B ==

Not if you're smart enough to stop feeding it fuel when it gets too hot in there to be comfortable...

But then, considering you've never demonstrated the ability to stop, once started, I can see why you'd think that way...

 

[kennyd]

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