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Winter Heat, What's working for you? |
bandjoey |
Nov 9 2011, 06:27 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,926 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It's finally getting below 50degrees here at night, and I'm looking for more garage heat. Standard 2 car garage with leaky overhead door....
Last year I had an oil radiator with blower and ceramic tower both with 1500 watts. They worked ok after a 30-45 minute warmup period. Looking at a 15,000 watt ceramic heater top that attaches to a propane large propane bottle (bbq grill size). Anyone use this and does it work? Other portable heaters that work? |
Prospectfarms |
Nov 9 2011, 10:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I have access to wood, so that is what I use to heat all my buildings. 8 real cords a year, cut hauled split and stacked by your's truly. The equipment shed where I work on vehicles is concrete block and uninsulated. I use an airtight heavy metal stove to heat it. Never gets above 50 in the winter, but you can feel the radiant heat and there's always a place to keep things warm.
With dry wood and some insulation you can heat a lot of space efficiently with wood, even if you have to buy it. Newer stoves are also more efficient but very expensive. A food grade metal drum with a $70 stove kit puts out 100,000 or more BTUs and hour if its really going. I keep the combustibles on the other side of the building and keep my flues clean. Surrounded by concrete, a clean stove is no more dangerous than any other means of combustion. The problem with wood stoves in the garage it takes 20 minutes before you feel heat after you light them. When I'm going to work for an hour or less, I just wear a hat and coat. |
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