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Looking to some low cost heating ideas/suggestions for my new garage.
 
I used a couple of these

45,000 btu each on natural gas

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Just find a 60,000 to 80,000 btu mid efficient furnace, that a furnace company is swapping out, and hang it horizontally in your garage close to the roof and chimney.
Also if you haven't already pored the cement, I would suggest laying down some 2" foam insulation to help keep in the heat in the winter.

FYI (the overhead garage heaters like Tony used are probably the best way to go, unless you know a furnace guy. You are probably looking at around $1500.00 installed including venting)
 
Dorian said:
Just find a 60,000 to 80,000 btu mid efficient furnace, that a furnace company is swapping out, and hang it horizontally in your garage close to the roof and chimney.
Also if you haven't already pored the cement, I would suggest laying down some 2" foam insulation to help keep in the heat in the winter.

FYI (the overhead garage heaters like Tony used are probably the best way to go, unless you know a furnace guy. You are probably looking at around $1500.00 installed including venting)
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The cement is to be pored tomorrow, tell me more about laying down some 2" foam insulation to help keep in the heat in the winter, I have never heard of doing that... My floors are going the be 6" thick.
 
I bought a 185,000 BTU torpedo heater. My dbl car garage can be 43 and I can fire it up for 15 min and the temp will jump to 80. I always crack the OH door an inch.
 
KP I used and infrared garage tube heater for the same size garage. I have the heater hanging on the ceiling along the back wall. It is about 20 feet long and vents out the back wall. I think it cost around $1300 installed.

Here is a website I just found that may help you decided on the right heater. http://www.ultimategarageheater.com/index.php
 
I have a propane "garage" heater that I got from Northern Tool. It's 45,000 BTU and heats my uninsulated 25x26 garage from zero degrees to the 50's in about 20-30 minutes.

Its a vent-less design so you don't need to put a hole through the roof or wall and has an oxygen depletion sensor to shut it down it the CO2 levels build up.

I purchased it at the end of the heating season for around $200 not sure what they go for now but Northern Tool always has them.
 
Watch the Kero torpedos....they are OK for temporary but are designed for open space...what they are pumping out is EXHAUST and that is what you are breathing in! not good long term in enclosed spaces!!! go natural or propane.... and decide if you wanna heat the atmosphere or the people ( radient vs forced air) they are all pretty much in the same operational range depending on desired heat.......find a decent supplier and price shop....make certain it is vented properly and the feed line is sound & secure........... NOTE: none of the above are OK for painting volitiles....for that you will need hot water pumped thru a radiator and the boiler must be in a different room with its own fresh air supply...other wise you will find yourself suddenly visiting parts unknown...along with your house and its contents....
 
Hold on pouring the floor, and install PEX tubing before you pour. Simple to install, cheap to heat, and its great. The floor is always warm, and once you heat it up, it is a huge thermal mass, so it doesnt take much to keep it going.

First, lay down gravel so that the ground is as level as possible.
Lay down 2" Styrofoam insulation.
Put down reinforcement wire.
Attach the PEX tubing to the wire using plastic cable ties. (There is a certain pattern for how you lay it down)
Attach the PEX tubing to a manifold and pressure test.
Pour the floor.
 
dgc333 said:
I have a propane "garage" heater that I got from Northern Tool. It's 45,000 BTU and heats my uninsulated 25x26 garage from zero degrees to the 50's in about 20-30 minutes.

Its a vent-less design so you don't need to put a hole through the roof or wall and has an oxygen depletion sensor to shut it down it the CO2 levels build up.

I purchased it at the end of the heating season for around $200 not sure what they go for now but Northern Tool always has them.
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Can you post a photo of your heater and/or a model number?
 
jeryst said:
Hold on pouring the floor, and install PEX tubing before you pour. Simple to install, cheap to heat, and its great. The floor is always warm, and once you heat it up, it is a huge thermal mass, so it doesnt take much to keep it going.

First, lay down gravel so that the ground is as level as possible.
Lay down 2" Styrofoam insulation.
Put down reinforcement wire.
Attach the PEX tubing to the wire using plastic cable ties. (There is a certain pattern for how you lay it down)
Attach the PEX tubing to a manifold and pressure test.
Pour the floor.
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To late!
 
We run a ZERO tolerence heater from a R/V we have it upstairs the heat runs from the bottom of the unit and splits into 3 duckts around the garage mighty toasty on a chilly day
 
+1 on the garagejournal site. I run a HotDawg heater too. You only need one and they come in various sizes. IIRC mine is a 30,000 btu for a 24x26 with 11 foot ceilings and R20/40 insulation (it gets cold here). The majority of the cost (over 50%) was running the gas line to the garage! I know some have crunched the numbers and used a propane tank installed outside instead of getting a gas line installed. There is a thread on GJ on this.

ps without a vent stack the humidity level skyrockets in the garage. I found this out when using a 55,000 btu propane heater to heat the garage while I finished the walls.
 
Garage Heating - one of the things you just don't think of living in SoCal (unless you live up in the local mountains)
 
mopardrt said:
We run a ZERO tolerence heater from a R/V we have it upstairs the heat runs from the bottom of the unit and splits into 3 duckts around the garage mighty toasty on a chilly day
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Would you be so kind to send me photos of your set up?
 
As I don't have a garage now. When I did, I used a kerosene heater and it would take about 1/2 to 1 hour to heat it up. I also kept a window open about 4 inches during the heating.
I worked construction years ago and had to stay inside a building to keep the kerosene heaters filled to help dry the concrete. I made it thru the night but missed 3 days work afterward due to poisoning from the kerosene burning. NEVER run a kerosene heater without a good vent.
 
http://www.lowes.com/pd_245179-8864...=p_product_price|0&Va=true&Ntt=propane+heater

90 bucks.



Propane. Install the whole thing in ten minutes. Minimal startup cost
Crack the door once an hour to let in ninteen molecules of oxygen and life is grand.

I will be running this one in my 20 x 20 shop with 11 foot ceiling. Insulated all except the floor which is thirty year old concrete. .

I may smoke a few cigarettes to enhance the carbon monoxide high.
 
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