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I am giving serious thought into heating my garage. The walls are insulated as are the doors. The only thing missing is a heater. I have natural gas and am thinking about a " Hot Dawg" or similar ceiling mounted heater.
Does anybody have experience with the 45000 btu "Hot Dawg" or other product. Thanks in advance.
I ran a gas line out to my heated car and a half garage that doubles as my man cave for cigar smoking I have a 40000 BTU Reznor I keep it at 70° even when it's zero outside!!
I'm not sure if what I have is what you're looking for. I have a gas radiant heater in my garage. It Heats two bays that are about 32 feet wide in total. Mine is 50000 BTUs and it is way enough.
It depends on what efficiency that you want with your heating solutions, and what you want to spend. I heat my garage 26 x 28 with (2) 2000 watt wall mounted electric forced air heaters that are great for heat, but not the most efficient way to go. I keep the garage at approx 45F, unless I'm in there working, in which time I crank up the electronic thermostat between 60-70F. The installation is cheap at less than $1000 including the heaters, 100 Amp electric fuse panel, and the wiring.
It doesn't take long to get it up in temp, but the electric meter definitely revs up a few notches.
The air to air heat pumps have come down in price and are now reasonable at below $2500 installed. They are approx 50% cheaper to operate than electric baseboard or forced air furnaces. That is likely the most efficient way to go. The great thing about a heat pump is the added bonus of A/C in the summer if needed.
I'm not sure of the price of gas, so that would be cheaper than electric baseboard.
My son got a heat pump installed this past summer, and it is very efficient compared to his forced air furnace. The heat pump heats the whole house, with added A/C for the summer.
I'll be getting one installed in my home. The A/C in the summer is the added plus for sure.
Here is a pic of the garage with one of the heaters on the side wall. The other heater is on the opposite wall towards the back.
I am giving serious thought into heating my garage. The walls are insulated as are the doors. The only thing missing is a heater. I have natural gas and am thinking about a " Hot Dawg" or similar ceiling mounted heater.
Does anybody have experience with the 45000 btu "Hot Dawg" or other product. Thanks in advance.
I rented a 1200 sq.ft. garage a couple years ago. The ancient Modine ceiling hung heater quit working so we installed a new 80,000 Btu Hot Dawg.
Nice setup. The two things I really liked about it were how quiet it was. And when you would first turn up the thermostat from say 55 to 68 it would burn the burner for a few minutes then shut of the burner and blow for a few minutes the burner would relight so the burner isn't running constantly .
Saves gas noticeably. Plus it was only like $350.
Go with the Hot Dawg you won't be disappointed.
Heating an improperly insulated garage will lead to condensation accumulation, which can cause problems. Unless you need to do it because you spend enough time out there to warrant it, I would not recommend it.
My garage is 675 sq. ft. with a 10.5 foot ceiling. I have a little electric heater I got from Northern tool for under $200 that does a great job. It runs on a 220 amp circuit right above the electrical panel and usually runs on half the elements most of the time unless it its below 15 degrees outside. It took about two hours to install and there are no vents needed. the size is very compact at about a 20 inch cube.
If your going to pipe in gas heater into the garage, then make sure to exhaust vent it out the roof of the garage, and add in a fresh air supply with electric mixing valve to the heater as well (so the fresh air supply shuts when the heater is not running and just giving a place for cold air to come in).
As for heating a garage, you are really pissing into the wind if you don't have the ceiling of the garage dry walled with a layer of insulation above the dry wall too. Hence open rafter garage end up throwing a lot of heat in the upper rafter area, and since you do have roof and side vents up there, all the heat is really just going up and out of them instead. Also, make sure that your garage door is adjusted correctly so you don't have bottom gaps so the bottom sweeper is sealing off correctly, and may have to install a top of door swiper so you don't have a hug gap center top of door as well.
As for heater placement with a single ceiling mounted heater, if you can set it up so the heat flow of the heater is say center of a two car garage between the cars on the concrete towards the garage door, this is best option.
As for Figuring out what size BTU heater you need, then here you go. Just keep in mind if you are only going to kick the heater on when your working in the garage, then size up the heater a touch, since this will allow you to heat the garage up a bit faster initially. https://www.calculator.net/btu-calculator.html
Heating an improperly insulated garage will lead to condensation accumulation, which can cause problems. Unless you need to do it because you spend enough time out there to warrant it, I would not recommend it.
He said it was already insulated and you assume its not done right.
He said it was already insulated and you assume its not done right.
LOL....And well said. Seems like theres always someone that wants to find some negative comment to what ever anyone is doing. Even when someone wants to simply heat their garage someone has to chime in with a "I wouldn't do it unless you're an insulation expert"..........
He said it was already insulated and you assume its not done right.
Do you always jump to conclusions, Bowtie (and Windy)? I did not assume anything. I wrote my reply as general info for all the posters who were thinking of doing the same thing. But, next time I write a response to anything, I will run it by you to be sure it is okay. Will that work???????????????????
Ceiling fan(s) may help keep the heat off the ceiling too. Mine are 12 foot high in the main part of the shop and putting fans up there helped immensely. Without them, about the only thing warm was the ceiling. Just a thought...
jluke,
i basically set it to 58 degrees and it stays warm all winter long. If you would like I can give you the details of garage size and what heater I have. Let me know what you need if anything.
My garage is 675 sq. ft. with a 10.5 foot ceiling. I have a little electric heater I got from Northern tool for under $200 that does a great job. It runs on a 220 amp circuit right above the electrical panel and usually runs on half the elements most of the time unless it its below 15 degrees outside. It took about two hours to install and there are no vents needed. the size is very compact at about a 20 inch cube.
jluke,
i basically set it to 58 degrees and it stays warm all winter long. If you would like I can give you the details of garage size and what heater I have. Let me know what you need if anything.
I would be interested in the details if you would post them. Thx
11-23-2018, 12:45 PM
Heating My Garage
