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Cal |
Nov 15 2016, 06:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
I'm looking for advice......I'm wrapping up the renovations to my man-cave / shop and will need to heat the space. The area is 650sf in size, constructed with cmu and is uninsulated.....its part of a large 5-car garage / barn structure. I'm not sure if I should go with a propane or electric heater.
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Mark Henry |
Nov 16 2016, 08:54 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
I work in my shop all the time, walls and ceiling are R-20. I heat to 49F all the time and it can heat the shop to 70F with-in 30 minutes. For normal working conditions, when not painting/glueing, I heat to 60-62F.
It will maintain 70F even with the paint booth fan running. I have an over sized, 98% efficient, direct vent propane furnace, hung from the ceiling. The big advantage of the direct vent is there's no open flame in the shop, therefore no insurance issues what so ever. I used to heat with wood, insurance company made me remove it. |
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