inkyboy911

So it gets pretty cold over the winter and I want to keep doing more projects so what heaters should I get into my double garage, and should I get the door insulated or something?

I'm in Scotland bear in mind...

JRRSA

I have a professionally installed Lenox gas heater with thermostat. It listed at about $2,000, think I paid $1,500. I have a three car garage. I've had it for two years, so far very pleased. My walls and doors are insulated.

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MarkD

Not sure what type of garage doors you have over there, but...

If you have a rollup-style door, the foam insulation panels are the best you can do. They help a lot.

Electric heat is pricey to run over here in the states. Probably the same in Scotland. However, they are the easiest and safest IMO to solve the problem. If you spend a couple hundred bucks (US) you can get a pretty good sized (BTUs) unit. Over here that means 220v power is needed. You guys have some funny plugs over there, right?

My shop is what I heat/cool... I ended up going with a heat pump with a duct system. Heats OK and cools like an AC unit does. Most efficient solution for my situation (couldn't get gas line to the shop) Anyhow, that was the end of my quest for climate control in a 1400 sq ft. shop.
Hope this helps a little.

Sten

Paul,
I bought an Amcor low temperature dehumidifier from B&Q, it was about £140. It works down to an ambient temperature of 1ºC so your garage stays free of damp, but also raises the temperature in the garage to take the 'chill' off. Kind of dual purpose really..
Barry

botoo

I put a small upright sealed combustion Natural Gas Furnace in one corner of my garage. It sits on a angle iron stand, gets its air from underneath, and blows warm air out from a plenum on the furnace top. I have two adjustable diffusers in the plenum to blow along both walls. Oh yes, I have two insulated garage doors and the garage is insulated. It helps with the cost of fuel these days.

Marc Shaw

I installed a Modine HotDawg propane heater and I am very happy with it in my 27' 27' x 9' garage.

Marc

hawk911

That's a nice garage, and that heater is on my list for the new house.

schnele

My in-laws have Modine Hot Dawg two of them for the eight car garage. I recently put in a lenox heater to heat my 3.5 car garage, I have 15 ceilings with Palladium windows and the Lenox works well.

Jeremy Pinsly

Paul, would a pair of gloves, nice jacket, maybe even a hat and scarf help you out?

I've got lots of winter clothing that I never plan on wearing again.....used to live in the freezing northeast US and now live in the Florida hurricane zone.

Indycam

1911 ?

N51

If you have the headroom, IR heaters are very efficient, quiet, and don't move the dust around.

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Marc Shaw

I was advised against them as, directed anywhere near your car, they will bake the paint like an oven.

Marc

last toy

I kept my gas garage heater on for one month set at 55 degrees 4 years ago and my gas bill was $700. That was the last time I used it. All walls of the garage are well insulated including the ceiling but not the doors. And that was where all the loss was. You need to do a good job sealing the garage doors.

jimq

I use a 8"x8" ceramic heater and the heat off my halogen work light for those days it gets below 70F in my garage

Indycam

I used a 8"x8" ceramic heater to heat up the tools when I pulled the transmission from my Ma's car in the middle of winter in spokane . Laying down of frozen cement in an unheated space was ok but trying to use frozen tools was not working .