Garage Space Heaters
Instructor
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Re: Garage Space Heaters (Koz)
I've got a gas line plumbed into my garage, but with the price of natural gas over the past couple of years I've stuck with with my wood burner and a ceiling fan. Works like a charm and I have no problem getting it to over 90 degrees in the heart of a Minnesota winter. The only down side is rounding up wood, when I moved into the house the folks that had it before me had filled one of the small sheds on the property with coal. This is the first year I've not had coal to burn so I picked up a bunch of pallets to cut up and burn. I grew up with a fireplace but do not have one in the house right now, so I don't consider the wood burner a pain. Next year I plan to install a ceiling unit like one in some of the pics posted so I can turn it on from the house to warm the garage up then shut it down and use the wood burner to maintain the heat, cheap heat.
Greg
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2000
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Re: Garage Space Heaters (Injected)
I installed a Modine Hot Dawg 75000 btu last winter to heat my 750 square foot detatched garage. Keep it at 50 degrees when I'm not working and bump it up when I need it. With the price of gas last winter I was pleased with the cost with every thing from install cost to use cost. It's the only way to go in my book.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Re: Garage Space Heaters (Koz)
Koz,
That's wild that you have the concern over natural gas that I think many people have about liquid fuels. I think the opportunity to get hurt by kerosene (buying it, transporting it, handling it, pouring it, knocking the heater over, kids, pets, cigarettes...) is huge by comparison to a natural gas piped system. I have a natural gas furnace, stove top, oven, fireplace, grill...it's nothing to be concerned about. Most people in this region have this set up (dating back to the 1920s). We never hear of people's homes blowing up from natural gas, but the news invariably reports accidents due to liquid fuels this time of year--especially surrounding the kerosene space heaters that got real popular in the 1980s. :cheers:
That's wild that you have the concern over natural gas that I think many people have about liquid fuels. I think the opportunity to get hurt by kerosene (buying it, transporting it, handling it, pouring it, knocking the heater over, kids, pets, cigarettes...) is huge by comparison to a natural gas piped system. I have a natural gas furnace, stove top, oven, fireplace, grill...it's nothing to be concerned about. Most people in this region have this set up (dating back to the 1920s). We never hear of people's homes blowing up from natural gas, but the news invariably reports accidents due to liquid fuels this time of year--especially surrounding the kerosene space heaters that got real popular in the 1980s. :cheers:
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Re: Garage Space Heaters (foundvettelifeisgood)
Koz,
That's wild that you have the concern over natural gas that I think many people have about liquid fuels.
That's wild that you have the concern over natural gas that I think many people have about liquid fuels.
Toyvet1 - is your dawg kerosene? Where did you get it? I was in Homey the other day and all they had was 200,000BTU units for $379 and a 30,000BTU unit which looked so small I didn't get the price.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2000
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From: Johnston Iowa
Re: Garage Space Heaters (Koz)
I just ordered a Modine Hot Dawg HD45 natural gas heater for my garage.
I posted the URL above from where I got it.
I only have a 2 1/2 car garage and this is what the recomended.
$449.00 for the heater and $36.00 for the thermostat.
I posted the URL above from where I got it.
I only have a 2 1/2 car garage and this is what the recomended.
$449.00 for the heater and $36.00 for the thermostat.
