NGC - garage heater recommendations

[Moto]

I went through this process, looking at natural gas vs. a big heater, and finally I bought this cheap 240v heater for $120 and installed a 240 outlet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XOZN7A
Works well for such a small unit. Heats up my 2 car garage to 65+ in about 10-15 minutes. And I only use it when I'm working.
However, I also insulated the garage and added wall board. And a concrete floor makes a huge difference, as it retains the heat.
I live in Southern New England, so it gets down to the 40s 30s and sometimes 20s in the winter.
I didn't notice any huge jump in my electric bill.

5600 watts works out to 19,000 BTU/hr. Sounds toasty! I think I'll get one. Now if could sell the several inferior heaters I've bought over the years...

Moto

[brider]

might be the perfect opportunity to build a "popcan heater".  All you require is a bunch of empty beer cans (sure you have some), some black paint, a hot glue gun, an old window, and some ABS or PVC pipe. Cold air out of the garage through the lower air intake, into the heater... swirls through the black cans, out the top and piped into the garage space through the upper air outlet. If you wish to store some of that heat, build a thermal-mass battery inside the garage and route your air outlet piping through it before it vents into the garage.

Thanks, wife will LOVE that  , scrolling on.... ( )

[brider]

My shop isn't huge, but one of those oil-filled 110v electric radiant units heats it easily (in the middle of the lowest range). Efficient and safe...

I already have one of these, I may just give a spin tonight during the apocalyptic nor'easter they say we're getting. For the limited time I'll actually be working in the garage, it might just be the low-cost solution.   

[rdbandkab]

Reznor.

[Ncdan]

If it's an outside shop a small air tight wood stove works great if you have aces tona little wood, it don't take much. You can find them real cheap and sometimes folks will give them to you just to get them to you just to get them moved. A few sections of wood flue lined properly installed will finish up the job.

[Toecutter]

If it's an outside shop a small air tight wood stove works great if you have aces tona little wood, it don't take much. You can find them real cheap and sometimes folks will give them to you just to get them to you just to get them moved. A few sections of wood flue lined properly installed will finish up the job.

Love me an airtight in an unheated workshop. Damn things will get hot enough to sweat you out of a trapper's tent in -40.

[Perazzimx14]

I have a Kerosene heater in my 2 car garage and it works a treat. Actually we light it often in the cool autumn evening when playing ball with the dog to gather around and warm up. In the dead of winter I can get temps up to a point where a long sleeve T-shirt is comfortable in about an hour. The trick is use a fan somewhere is in the garage to get the air moving around. A 2 gallon tank full lasts about 18 hours on high and since I have a nice heat source with a flat top it also an opportunity to cook something in the Dutch oven.


Kereosene is $2.79 a gallon and readily avalaible around here + come spring time there is nothing to dismantel simply pich up the heater by its handle and carry it to the shed. Keresene heaters like Dyna Glo and Kerosun can be had on CL for $50 to $75 all day long. Also if you have an extended power outage it can be used to tempoarily heat the interior of the home.


Propane salamander type heaters do burn cleaner but they also  burn very wet. Light it off close the garage door and when the hot moist air from the propane burner hits the cold surfaces (especially painted and my garage is painter) it will condense and start too drip.

[blackcat]

Reznor.

Yep.

Years ago I had a commercial loft in a cement building with 10' walls of leaky windows. Heat went off on Friday afternoon and didn't come back on until Monday morning and it was like a meat locker in there with all that cement. Installed a Reznor gas fired heater with a thermostat and that place would get toasty in a blink. And no fumes. 

[not-fishing]

How about insulation first??

[DC950]

buy a Japanese kerosene heater; most houses in Japan use kerosene.  Mine are Sengoku 10,000BTU. 

Get top quality wicks from The Wick Shop in Coquille, OR.  His wicks burn much cleaner and last longer than what comes with the unit.  http://www.milesstair.com/

[Ncdan]

Love me an airtight in an unheated workshop. Damn things will get hot enough to sweat you out of a trapper's tent in -40.

Lol Toe, if can be a little challenging getting the remix right until one learns how much wood and air allowed into the stove to furnish the right temps for a given amount of time spent in the shop. It font rake long to figure it out

[brider]

Tried the upright oil-filled elec heater yesterday during the apocalyptic nor'easter, and after about 2 hrs you could sense the temp increase, and the wall thermometer said it rose about 5 deg (up to 40 deg). Might have done better if I had a fan circulating the air, but I think I'm going to scour CL for a decent Kerosene heater.

[rdbandkab]

Reznor.

Yep.

Years ago I had a commercial loft in a cement building with 10' walls of leaky windows. Heat went off on Friday afternoon and didn't come back on until Monday morning and it was like a meat locker in there with all that cement. Installed a Reznor gas fired heater with a thermostat and that place would get toasty in a blink. And no fumes.

And you can install it with nine inch nails.

[Perazzimx14]

Tried the upright oil-filled elec heater yesterday during the apocalyptic nor'easter, and after about 2 hrs you could sense the temp increase, and the wall thermometer said it rose about 5 deg (up to 40 deg). Might have done better if I had a fan circulating the air, but I think I'm going to scour CL for a decent Kerosene heater.

Kerosun omni 105 heating and cooking. Also works a treat with the coffee perculator.