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JerryK
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16x40' center of barn, walled off with studs/chipboard walls. Two 10x10' tarp covered doors in the walls plus an aluminum screen door for access. Old CEMI woodstove set up about 20" off floor. Ceiling fan and two fans on stove. About ten 18" hunks of split sugar maple a day. Six to eight face cord a winter, plus mix in some green at the start of the season. Don't know what the old CEMI is BTU wise, but it is just an old standard 60ish woodstove. Puts out lots of heat... Here is a picture of sort of what it looks like....
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Sawyer Rob
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Wood stove, it does a good job...
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Mace Canute
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My 40' by 60' shop has in floor heat provided by a propane fired boiler. I have no idea what btu it is but it has no problem keeping the place toasty warm. My 24' x 28' garage has a 45,000 btu overhead heater fired by natural gas but I keep it at only 10[sup]o[/sup]C. (50[sup]o[/sup]F).
thepumpguysc
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To many options to list.. I'm in the process of building my shop & looking at Northern tool's electric ceiling mount shop heaters.
With the "mild winters" we have in Coastal SC I don't really need anything huge BUT this past week has me second guessing my thought process. lol
A decent one can be had for 80.00 & a bigger one for 150.00, just look at the square footage it heats & go from there. {24x32 shop w/ 13ft sidewalls}. You can spend MORE by getting the remote controlled units, but when the day comes that I cant reach up & turn a knob, is the day I probably should quit working in the shop..
Mine wont be on all the time.. just when I'm in there, so the electric cost will be minimal..
With the "mild winters" we have in Coastal SC I don't really need anything huge BUT this past week has me second guessing my thought process. lol
A decent one can be had for 80.00 & a bigger one for 150.00, just look at the square footage it heats & go from there. {24x32 shop w/ 13ft sidewalls}. You can spend MORE by getting the remote controlled units, but when the day comes that I cant reach up & turn a knob, is the day I probably should quit working in the shop..
Mine wont be on all the time.. just when I'm in there, so the electric cost will be minimal..
Redneck in training
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I just installed 36000 BTU mini split heat pump to my shop 36X60X12. The shop has R19 walls, R30 ceiling and no windows. The unit kept the shop easily at 60F when outside temp was -15F. The shop has backup 6 kW baseboard heating. The baseboard has 40F setpoint. The primary purpose of the mini split will be AC in the summer.
Total cost $3400 installed (after $450 utility rebate). I did the installation of the unit, piping and electric DIY and then hired AC technician to commission it to comply with warranty requirements. He charged me $240 travel time included.
Total cost $3400 installed (after $450 utility rebate). I did the installation of the unit, piping and electric DIY and then hired AC technician to commission it to comply with warranty requirements. He charged me $240 travel time included.
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I am looking at the same heaters or something similar. When/if I get them I will get two of the smaller units and leave one on to keep temps above freezing with the second to bring the temp up if I am working.
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LD1
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Going too big isn't gonna be any less efficient. Resistance heat is resistance heat. Meaning for every watt of power in....is the same btu out.
So I vote go big.
My shop is 40x40x14. 6" in walls and 12" blown cellulose in the ceiling. Heated with a 120k btu brunco model 120 wood furnace
So I vote go big.
My shop is 40x40x14. 6" in walls and 12" blown cellulose in the ceiling. Heated with a 120k btu brunco model 120 wood furnace
George2615
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I have a 24x24garage with 14' ceiling and attached 18x32 w/10' ceiling. Just under 1200 Sq. Ft. total.
The 24x24 has 3 1/2" insul. in walls only so I have some heat loss thru the ceiling, 18x32 has 6" insul in walls and ceiling.
I heat with an 80,000 BTU mobile home fuel oil fired furnace and a 135,000 BTU salamander.
I keep the garage at 45 deg F in winter. when I want to work in the garage I turn up the furnace stat to 60 and fire up the salamander also set at 60. Once at 60 I shut off the salamander and the furnace maintains it at 60 which is plenty warm enough for me.
The 24x24 has 3 1/2" insul. in walls only so I have some heat loss thru the ceiling, 18x32 has 6" insul in walls and ceiling.
I heat with an 80,000 BTU mobile home fuel oil fired furnace and a 135,000 BTU salamander.
I keep the garage at 45 deg F in winter. when I want to work in the garage I turn up the furnace stat to 60 and fire up the salamander also set at 60. Once at 60 I shut off the salamander and the furnace maintains it at 60 which is plenty warm enough for me.
Old Red
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750 square feet garage. 1.5 ton Mini Split HVAC that keeps it nice and toasty in the winter and cool in the summer. When I added that thing it was like gaining 750 square feet of livable conditioned space that my wife stays out of.....best think ever.
mapper
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Wood stove, originally belonged to my folks in a 1600' home, no idea what btu. Shop is 24x36, heated area 24x24, walls r19 and the ceiling is 2" fiber glass. Ceiling insulation is original to building and should be upgraded, not sure I'm up to that much high ladder work anymore:laughing:. Pole Building with steel siding, prior to insulating the walls had a barrel stove, on a cold day (around 30 - NW Wash. cold not what a lot of you consider cold) you could stay warm within 5' of stove and burn a couple of wheel barrow loads of wood doing so. Current stove and insulation an arm load or two.
mapper
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Somethings to consider about wood stove for heat.
1. Takes up space.
2. Has to be fed several times a day, no setting a thermostat and walking into a warm shop later.
3. Insurance companies may charge more.
1. Takes up space.
2. Has to be fed several times a day, no setting a thermostat and walking into a warm shop later.
3. Insurance companies may charge more.
RSKY
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My daughter works for an independent insurance agency. The only way they will insure a house with ANY type of wood burning heat is if the furnace is completely removed from the house. Or some companies have a huge surcharge for wood heat. It may be different in other areas of the country. Twenty to thirty years ago there a guy I worked with that had trouble getting payment after his house burned because the insurance company didn't know they had installed a wood burning stove. My mother's agent came by about that time and asked her if she had a wood burning stove. She said there was one in the basement but it hadn't had a fire in it in twenty years or more. He told her she had a week or so to get it out or they would cancel. She pulled it out of the house with a couple long log chains attached to her tractor. Because of the location of a fence she could only pull up 5'-10' at a time but she got it out of the house the next day. That is one reason we took our chimney down. So a fire could not be put in the house.
Don't shoot the messenger here. I am only relaying what I know and remember from past times. I am by no means an insurance expert but before I installed something burning wood I would definitely check with my insurance provider.
RSKY
Don't shoot the messenger here. I am only relaying what I know and remember from past times. I am by no means an insurance expert but before I installed something burning wood I would definitely check with my insurance provider.
RSKY
jar06896
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Mr Heater Big Maxx 75,000 btu propane. Main shop is 24x36 with 12' walls and 10x12 overhead door. Addition to shop is 14x24, with a 10x10 cutout into the main shop. 8' walls slope up to 12'. R19 in the walls, R19+ in the ceiling, but there's a finished second floor over half of it. Heater works well, usually keep the place around 55° on average. It struggled a little when temps dropped to zero and below but that was more because I was low on propane so I dropped the temp to 45°. It's pretty simple and does the job. I use a ceiling fan to help move the heat around.
JLwoodworks
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85,000btu oil furnace and supplemental wood Furnace. I keep it 55 in there full time then when I'm working in the shop I can light a fire. They are ducted together through the building.
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They are controlled by individual thermostats. The thermostat for the wood furnace operates the damper on the door. It has its own fan limit switch in the plenum above so when the temperature set is reached it turns on the blower in the oil furnace.
And if the temperature gets too high it will drop out power to the burner in the oil furnace so that can't turn on and will close the damper while keeping the blower going to cool it down.
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The shop is spray foamed and the main room has 24" of blow in insulation in the attic. R18 insulated overheads. It's quite comfortable out there. Around 1275 ft sq heated space
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My heat is ducted through the ceiling so I put a couple fans in to help circulation. The return air is just the filter on the side of the oil furnace so it pulls everything back to there.
Jay
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They are controlled by individual thermostats. The thermostat for the wood furnace operates the damper on the door. It has its own fan limit switch in the plenum above so when the temperature set is reached it turns on the blower in the oil furnace.
And if the temperature gets too high it will drop out power to the burner in the oil furnace so that can't turn on and will close the damper while keeping the blower going to cool it down.
The shop is spray foamed and the main room has 24" of blow in insulation in the attic. R18 insulated overheads. It's quite comfortable out there. Around 1275 ft sq heated space
My heat is ducted through the ceiling so I put a couple fans in to help circulation. The return air is just the filter on the side of the oil furnace so it pulls everything back to there.
Jay
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Old Red
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Wow, that is one tight shop there! I bet you can heat that thing with a candle.
jrepp44
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20' x 30' metal shop building, 2" spray foam on walls and ceiling, 8' insulated garage door, insulated steel entry door, un-insulated concrete slab. 36K BTU Mr. Cool mini split keeps it comfortable summer and winter. Only change - needs more spray foam.
JerryK
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I want to put my 40x80' barn/slab on a trailer and move it North/South as the weather changes.... It's too cold up here in the winter and way too hot in the summer. I could live real good in my 40x80' trailer..... searching for my 65 degree paradise. I might even make it all the way to Texas to visit my Sister Brandi.... maybe help her play in the clay with one of my tractors...
