WICruiser

I got the Mr. Heater 75,000 BTU model for my 3+ bay garage in Wisconsin. Just installed this year so I don't have any history yet. It does require ventilation but other than electric anything that uses petroleum product (propane, kerosene, oil, etc.) all have significant concerns when used in any space that is sealed up unless they are vented.

SeanR

I just use this when I'm doinking around.

Connect it to a propane tank, good to go.

andy-gts

I have 2 15000 btu propane infrared heaters 11 feet above the 2 parking spaces in a 30 x 45 morton building with 1" aluminized foam insulation and a cupola (for a vent) and it works adequate...then turn on the 35000 btu kerosene blower and its toasty...
( they are just like the propane infra red heaters at home depot by the check out stands.). they are inexpensive (relative) comapred to the infrared system with the snake piping.
andy

papatuki

I would think in Knox. you could use a heat pump. I'm in Nothern Va. and use a ductless mini split system for my two car garage and it costs only pennies to operate with the benefit of A/C when I want it.

Mike Frye

Sean,
I've seen those. No issues with fumes or gases or anything?

John Veninger

I use a Mr. Heater 75K kerosene heater for my 2.5 car garage. Heat it only when I'm using it.
I would love to use an overhead propane heater, but the price of Propane in the NorthEast is outrageous.
Electric and propane compete for the highest price for a btu!

sharknoob

Sorry cant help no heater.....I go by the saying "The heat is in the tools"

SeanR

I just open the garage doors every couple of hours to be safe, it seems to burn pretty clean.

chrly924s

Dean- this is what we were talking about Sunday. I'd love to have one of these, but you've seen my garage.
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...0516_200370516

Fogey1

Good info. N.VA and OH. Got a mfr., model #, link?

inactiveuser1

Had the Modine HD45 Unit installed today ready for winter runs on natural gas.
HD/HDS 45 45,000 2 to 2-1/2 car garage
Set thermostate to desired temp autostart.
http://www.modinehvac.com/v2portal/p...ntent2_035.htm

jeff spahn

I have a 35,000 BTU Modine in my garage on a nice setback thermostat. Keep it about 65 in the winter. Wonderful to have no snow or ice on the cars and you can go out in your bare feet and be warm. Slab never gets a chance to get cold.

911tracker85

I got a 220V elec heater from this place. for me it works great. considered propane and I have natural gas. but concerned about C0 with propane and the natural gas more of a job to install.

http://www.greenhousemegastore-info...._id=61&cid=968

Gary Knox

Dean,

Since you live in MS, do you also do work in the garage during the hot/humid summer? I used propane heaters for two years in the detached hobby garage I built (24X34 with 6" insulation, 10 ft ceilings with 12" insulation), and they warmed it up quickly and kept it warm easily. Bought two from Harbor Freight for about $150 each, and really only needed one. They were OK for interior use, and CO buildup was not noticeable. BUT - the H20 buildup was very noticeable, and eventually I concluded it was way too humid for storing cars there.

SO - I bought a mini-split heat pump. It is about 23K heat and 18 K cooling. It's a SEER 18 unit, and very efficient to operate. Puts out 95 degree heat with an outside temp as low as 14 degrees (the coolest morning we've had since I installed it 3 years ago). It does not use any backup - just the high efficiency variable speed DC compressor! It is quiet, and OH SO MUCH better than the propane buildup. I think most of them area made in Japan or China now. Price, as I recall was about $1700 three years ago. Installation is pretty straightforward, but I did have an AC technician do the final freon line connections and check it out before we started it.

We do have 95+ temps and 85+ humidity for a few weeks in the summer, and working in the garage is delightful now. I also insulated the garage door with two thicknesses of a bubble insulation. The temp of the door in mid-winter is now about 2 degrees cooler than the walls. I turn the heat pump on in the morning at about 7:30, do a few things in the house, and by 8:30, the garage is up to the 60 degrees I find is perfect working temp with a light sweat shirt on.

Can't recommend these units too highly - IF you spend much time in the garage in weather less hospitable than Hawaii!!

Gary Knox