Koz

How do you guys heat up your garages? What space heaters do you use and are you happy with them. I have an Omni 85 which just radiates heat but it takes a while to heat up the area. I was thinking about one of those torpedo types with a blower. Any suggestions?

Easy Mike

Natural gas. :) The previous owner installed a natural gas furnace to keep his motor home warm.

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Tex71BB

Last winter, I installed a forced air gas-fired unit that hangs down from the ceiling. I forget the btu rating, but it will warm up my 3-car garage in less than 10 minutes. I like that it's out of the way and is controlled by a thermostat. Graingers sells several different models.

Pedro'74

I'm using a kerosene heater--Reddy Heater, 60,000 BTU. I believe it's what you're calling a torpedo type. I bought it at Home Depot, and that thing is extremely powerful. I worked on my rear suspension rebuild during last winter, many times with the two garage doors wide open. One of the best purchases I've ever made!

-Pedro

Monkeywrench

Down here in Florida we use this really cheap energy source called the SUN. It's free and does a pretty good job of keeping us warm all winter... :)

Sorry just had to rub it in a bit.... :)

79MakoL82

Actually, down here in Florida, it's just getting cool enough that you want to work out in the garage. I've been avoiding the garage because it was like an oven out there. Now it's nice and comfortable. Our problem is air conditioning the garage in the summer!!!!

James

I'm trying to talk my wife into letting me order one of these Modine Hot Dawg heaters for my garage. A buddy of mine has one and they are nice.
Here is a link to a distributor. http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/acce...ers.shtml?goto

KenSny

You Florida guys are starting to make me......... We already had snow here over the weekend. Didn't stick but it won't be long.

Corvettes White

2.5 Ton heat pump. Heat :mad in winter, Cool :cool: in summer.

George

BSeery

Never have I had this problem --- now how do you do you air condition the garage?

78Vette-SA

I have a Modine unit. I mounted it in a corner of the Garage. The Furnace is on the other side of the wall so it was pretty easy for the guys to hook it up. It runs off the electric, and uses the hot water from my furnace/oil burner. It then blows out hot air from the built in fan. It has it's own zone so you can set the temp anywhere down to 40 degrees in the garage. The garage warms up real quick too. I have a 760 square foot 3 car garage. That was 3 years ago. It's never burped.

It's actually a little bigger, and so is the bench, then this photo shows.

ZD75blue

will the kerosene stuff pose a fire hazzard? not quite what i would want to have happen so you dont freeze you burn??

ZD

Jughead

I'm using a 20,000 BTU Kerosene unit. It's a remnant of the '80's. It takes about 30 min to heat up a 2 car garage as long as it's not zero outside.

79 vette

wish I had a garage to heat :cry

PatsLs1vette

putting an oil heater in next weekend from a 1800 square foot home that i got from a friend should heat the 3 car garage up nicely!

8T8T2

Koz,
Just finished install of a Graninger forced air furnace. The type that Tex71BB has installed. I put in a 60,000 btu unit burning propane off of two 40 lb. tanks. Thermostat controlled. Heats a 780 sq. detached garage real nice and quick but have'nt had any real cold weather yet.
Be careful with the torpeodo units. You'll need plenty of fresh air. Don't want you to go t-t's up on a cold day.


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427V8

82zoom

So whats a furnace like that sell for??

Koz

I prefer kerosene over gas.. Call me old fashion but something about heating with gas scares me. Yea, I know it's really safe and a lot of people use gas to heat their homes.. but .. it makes me uncomfortable. Also, I have 2.. 2 car garages so I want something portable that I can share between the two if needed. I've used my kerosene omni tower to heat up the new garage to help the joint compound dry. It's a 900sf area so it took a while for my heater to do it's thing. I'm also looking at price.. I convinced the wife into letting me get a Kwiklift. She turned her nose up about painting the floor to reduce dust so now a space heater is about all I'll be able to swing. I have to check out Homey to see what they have.

Monkeywrench

You are so right! I'm luckly enough that the previous owner of my house installed a window A/C unit in the garage. I was refilling the Freon in it when most people were beginning to think about how to heat their garage.

It is just prefect out for garage work... :)

8T8T2

427V8,
Sorry I missed your post the other day. I bought this unit thru Graingers. They have several models and price ranges. I paid a little more and got the low profile, [can mount 1 in. from the ceiling if you want] powered exchust, solid state ignition, can side exchust it if you want.
Got discount thru where I work so it ran a little over $500.00. Tryed finding a used one in the paper for weeks but no go. Bit the bullet and said new is good.