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I have a little 1500 watt space heater in there right now and I'll tell you what it just ain't cuttin it. Naturally I want it to be really really cheap but I also want it to be really really good.Ok acceptable to me would be works good, won't burn down my greatest investment. Since power is limited I was thinking I would just share the power cord with my air compressor which is on a 220 30 amp line. I am looking for something like this. http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Portable-56...item414aa847c1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dayto...motiveQ5fToolsThoughts?Lincoln precision TIG 275Millermatic 140 MIG
Reply:How much square footage are we talking? I just got a small propane heater for my garage, and I love it. I had a 110V space heater before, and it was useless. I got the adapter hose to run it with a larger tank.Jack OlsenMy garage website
Reply:I heat my tool room (20' x 20') with a slightly smaller electric heater than that. My heater is a 4500 watt but I'm feeding it 208 volts so it's more like 3800 watts. I did the math years ago my memory might be off. I have a fair amount of insulation in 3 wall but kinda thin on the outside wall. It was 17* this morning and it was in the high 60's in the toolroom.Tough as nails and damn near as smart
Reply:It's about 8x24. Worst part is there is no insulation and the roof is just thin aluminum.I don't trust there's enough ventilation to run gas so I'm stickin with electric.Lincoln precision TIG 275Millermatic 140 MIG
Reply:Salamander works best if you don't mind the fumes, otherwise a radiant heater on top of a propane tank works okIt's all about the btu's"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:I got a wood stove in my 30 X 40 workshop and another wood stove / furnace in the garage of my 1,100 ft house. Both stay warm, especially the house. Been thinkin about buying or building one of those "boilers" to heat both. I have been wondering if it's a goob idea though? I find it hard to believe that a 1 inch pipe will cary enough heat to heat either my shop, which is 1200 foot with 12 eaves (16 foot in the middle of the rafters) or my house which is 1,100 foot. The house is insulated good and does not have loose / drafty windows or doors. The shop has decent insulation but with the high celings, and it has a 12 X 12 foot and a 10 X 10 foot roll up doors, and they are drafty. I have talked to a local dealer that sells the "Central Boiler" brand. He claims to use one and that, he said, was why he became a dealer for that brand. I talked to a company in Arkansas that makes the "Shaver" brand. They both said that the 1 inch pipe to the house and to the shop will do the job.!?!?!? Dammedifiknow!?!?!?I also hear that they burn a lot more wood than a regular wood stove does. I also live in Tennessee, where it does not get as cold as it does in the northern states.SO, how about everbody else at this site? Does anybody heat with a boiler, or know of others that do? Do they like them? Will they indeed heat good with a little 1 inch water line? How to deal with rust clogin things up and settling in the bottom of the boiler?Me just a wondering. Your friend, Doggie
Reply:WOW Yoshimitsusped No insulation and a sheet metal roof!!! Something like that would be like heatin a tent. You need some sort of insulation, especially in the roof. Believe in or not,,, plywood makes decent insulation, a lot better than aluminum.I guess that the 1500 watt electric heater feels like a mouse breathin on ya huh? Better than that, just turn the thing on and watch the electric meter start spinning.Maybe, with the Obama(s) "cash for cauking" subsidy plan about to come on the american scene. Maybe you could get the govt to pay for part of the price, HUH? Your friend, Doggie
Reply:Originally Posted by DoggieWOW Yoshimitsusped No insulation and a sheet metal roof!!! Something like that would be like heatin a tent. You need some sort of insulation, especially in the roof. Believe in or not,,, plywood makes decent insulation, a lot better than aluminum.I guess that the 1500 watt electric heater feels like a mouse breathin on ya huh? Better than that, just turn the thing on and watch the electric meter start spinning.Maybe, with the Obama(s) "cash for cauking" subsidy plan about to come on the american scene. Maybe you could get the govt to pay for part of the price, HUH? Your friend, Doggie
Reply:Radiant propane heaters are your better better than electric, getting something electric to adequately warm that size space will end up costing you dearly on your electric bill until you get that old uhual properly insulated for your winter climate there in CO. As for the snow on the roof you shouldn't have to worry unless your talking about multiple feet of cold wet snow which CO isn't known for like it is for white powdery snow and keep in mind that that weight is spread out evenly over the entire roof as opposed to a localized area so thin metal like that roof will handle it very well. If your still worried about snow weight on the roof then go with expanding spray foam insulation on the interior of the roof and what it will do is also make the roof more stout but not enough to walk on so you will still need a roof rake but the roof will be insulated. You can order commercial grade spray foam insulation to cover the entire roof and all three walls for about $140 and it will come in two cans similar to that of propane tanks.
Reply:Originally Posted by DoggieI got a wood stove in my 30 X 40 workshop and another wood stove / furnace in the garage of my 1,100 ft house. Both stay warm, especially the house. Been thinkin about buying or building one of those "boilers" to heat both. I have been wondering if it's a goob idea though? I find it hard to believe that a 1 inch pipe will cary enough heat to heat either my shop, which is 1200 foot with 12 eaves (16 foot in the middle of the rafters) or my house which is 1,100 foot. The house is insulated good and does not have loose / drafty windows or doors. The shop has decent insulation but with the high celings, and it has a 12 X 12 foot and a 10 X 10 foot roll up doors, and they are drafty. I have talked to a local dealer that sells the "Central Boiler" brand. He claims to use one and that, he said, was why he became a dealer for that brand. I talked to a company in Arkansas that makes the "Shaver" brand. They both said that the 1 inch pipe to the house and to the shop will do the job.!?!?!? Dammedifiknow!?!?!?I also hear that they burn a lot more wood than a regular wood stove does. I also live in Tennessee, where it does not get as cold as it does in the northern states.SO, how about everbody else at this site? Does anybody heat with a boiler, or know of others that do? Do they like them? Will they indeed heat good with a little 1 inch water line? How to deal with rust clogin things up and settling in the bottom of the boiler?Me just a wondering. Your friend, Doggie
Reply:Originally Posted by Big65moparRadiant propane heaters are better than electric, getting something electric to adequately warm that size space will end up costing you dearly on your electric bill...
Reply:Thanks DSW for the pics I miss living in Michigan and havent been to Henry Ford museum in years, its a good place to go and see how the industrial age started.
Reply:Originally Posted by Big65moparThanks DSW for the pics I miss living in Michigan and havent been to Henry Ford museum in years, its a good place to go and see how the industrial age started.
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammGo to that town now, and you can see how the industrial age has ended
Reply:It's -27 o Celcius here... and... well I haven't used a heater yet... Oh yeah.. and I stir my coffee with my thumb :P. Being serious however. I'm starting to think I need some heat too. A full day outside gives some pretty good shivers. May build myself a wood stove.
Reply:Study the wood pellet stove designs those things burn a bucket of pellets for hours on end. Consider something that would allow you to incorporate ceramic furnace bricks for heat mass retention for long term energy storage and slow cooling of the surrounding environment.
Reply:Im looking to get a wood stove myself....nice since they require no electricity you still have heat if you lose power and the newer models are quite efficient.......as for the uhaul...i suppose you could put a small wood stove in there and put a stack out the top!!!
Reply:Why not take an old mobile home heater and convert it to run on waste oil. I had one for years in the garage till I ran a heat zone from my home boiler to the garage. I think I still have the oil gun from the waste oil furnace somewhere. Anyways My garage is 20 X 30 and drafty as h**l and it heated the garage to the 70's when it was really cool outside. Just a thought.
Reply:A cheap way to insulate the roof would be 4x8 sheets of rigid styrofoam. You would only need 6 of them and they come up to 2" thick. You could even put them on the walls, 8 more and then you would have a pretty well insulated shop space and almost any heater would do a good job. |
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