Winter Heat, What's working for you? Options

[bandjoey]

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?

[rick 918-S]

I've tried every kind of heater to find an affordable solution for my garage. I have tubing in the floor for a heated slab. Unfortunately the water heater I purchased (because I was told that would work awesome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) ) failed.

Then I moved to a propane unvented wall heater. That heated the garage nicely but stunk when you sprayed anything in the air. And the cost of propane sux. I put up with the propane company jacking me with the rates for three years.

I purchased an electric boiler to heat the floor. As soon as I got my first bill I got a letter telling me because my garage has it's own meter and I am being charged a commercial rate I was now being placed on a commercial demand rate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif). The problem with heating the floor when your not working the the garage is it continues to cost money. If I had one residential meter the electric company would have had to supply all the power I wanted to use at a residential rate. After the first 500.00 bill Sandy was not amused (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

So, I ran a gas line from the house to a unit heater. The cost is 1/10 of the cost of propane and I can shut it off when I'm not in the garage.

Anyone want an electric hydronic boiler I have one in the classifieds.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=153087

[tadink]

I've tried every kind of heater to find an affordable solution for my garage. I have tubing in the floor for a heated slab. Unfortunately the water heater I purchased (because I was told that would work awesome (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) ) failed.

Then I moved to a propane unvented wall heater. That heated the garage nicely but stunk when you sprayed anything in the air. And the cost of propane sux. I put up with the propane company jacking me with the rates for three years.

I purchased an electric boiler to heat the floor. As soon as I got my first bill I got a letter telling me because my garage has it's own meter and I am being charged a commercial rate I was now being placed on a commercial demand rate (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif). The problem with heating the floor when your not working the the garage is it continues to cost money. If I had one residential meter the electric company would have had to supply all the power I wanted to use at a residential rate. After the first 500.00 bill Sandy was not amused (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

So, I ran a gas line from the house to a unit heater. The cost is 1/10 of the cost of propane and I can shut it off when I'm not in the garage.

Anyone want an electric hydronic boiler I have one in the classifieds.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=153087

have you considered adding some solar collectors to your garage loop? even in the cold, if there is sunshine you'll have plenty of FREE heat.....contact me directly and I can point you in the right direction - td